Pinterest-Approved Recipes for April

I'm teaming up with my blogging friends Tonya, Angelia, and Courtney to give you a recipe link-up of Pinterest tried and true recipes so you don't have to pin and wonder if it's actually good!

Cilantro Garlic Lime Chicken with Zucchini Noodles

This one is soooo good and easy.  Zoodles are all the rage right now, but you can only make them with spaghetti sauce so many times, am I right? 

Via Mrs Happy Homemaker

The Original Recipe:

This recipe only utilizes a few ingredients: zucchini, chicken, jalapeños, taco seasoning (I use the 21 Day Fix mix), garlic salt, limes, cilantro, and cooking oil. Crystal (the original poster of this recipe) uses the little handheld Veggetti spiralizer, but I like a bigger one by Paderno.

Changes I made to the Recipe:

• Omitted the jalapenos (my kids hate them)
• Used a different spiralizer
• Used garlic powder instead of garlic salt (I watch my sodium intake)
• Used leftover shredded chicken already seasoned with taco seasoning from taco night earlier this week - score!!

Healthy Banana Pancakes

Banana pancakes always make me think of my fav singer Jack Johnson.  But I had some soft bananas on my counter this morning, so why not? I love trying out new healthy recipes, especially ones that my kids will eat, so I was excited about this one.

Via Liz Heather

The Original Recipe:

This recipe has only 6 ingredients, and they were all things I had on hand: 2 eggs, 1 banana (I used a soft one), oatmeal, apple sauce (I used a snack cup one), vanilla, and cinnamon.  All you do is throw all the ingredients in a blender until smooth, then pour onto a heated surface (I used a skillet) to make pancakes.  

Ingredients (minus the applesauce - I forgot to grab that for the pic!)

Blending it all up

On the skillet

Ready for the kids to eat!

Changes I made to the Recipe:

• My Vitamix blended all the ingredients so beautifully, but maybe too smooth because the batter seemed kinda runny.
• After playing with the heat settings on my skillet, I realized that 300 degrees was perfect to cook the pancakes. 
• I put extra butter on the pancakes with lilikoi (passionfruit) syrup for the kids.  They loved.  I ate mine plain and they were still good! 
• I will definitely be making this again.  I think even smaller rounds would be good, then they could be a snack! 

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