Cha Ching Dallas

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Each Monday, Rachel from Cha Ching Queen and I will post recipe and menu ideas for the week. We will find both time and money saving meal ideas. Recipes will be focused on the weekly deals and coupon matchups that can be found around the country as well as locally. If you have a blog and you post meal/recipe ideas based on deals in your area we would be glad to feature them and link back to your site.

Chicken and Potato Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups instant pancake mix
2 cups milk
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 1/2 cups (6oz) shredded Colby-jack cheese blend
1 cup refrigerated shredded hash browns
4 green onions, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Quick Cream Gravy (optional)

Directions:
Whisk together pancake mix and milk in a large bowl, whisking just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chicken and next 6 ingredients, stirring just until blended. Pour about 1/4 cup batter for each cake onto a hot (350 degrees), lightly greased griddle or nonstick skillet. Cook pancakes 3 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry and cooked; turn and cook other side 5 to 6 minutes or until done. Serve with Gravy if desired.

I found this recipe in the January 2009 issue of Southern Living Magazine, pg.118

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Fruit and Fiber Parfait

This is good any time of the day. Have it for breakfast, mid afternoon snack, or even as a dessert.
Full recipe at Recipe Zaar
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup Fiber One cereal, Original, divided
* 6 ounces low-fat yogurt, any flavor, Weight Watcher's 1 point yogurt, divided
* 1/4 cup blueberries, divided
* 1/2 cup strawberries, sliced, divided

* Items with Coupons
Save 45 cents on 6 Yoplait yogurts printable here
Save 75 cents on 1 Fiber One cereal printable here
Dole frozen fruit $0.75/1 07/03/2009

15 Minute Shrimp Scampi

Found on Recipe Zaar
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
* 1 large onion, chopped fine or processed
* 6 cloves garlic, crushed
* 1 cup white wine (nearly any kind, just not overly sweet)
* 6 tablespoons butter
* 1 lb precooked jumbo frozen shrimp, thawed
* salt & pepper
* 1 package angel hair pasta

* Coupons
$1 off 2 Gortons Bagged Items printable here
$1 off Dreamsfields Pasta printable here
Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta, any $1.00/1 exp 07/31/2009
Sunday Supplement 04/05/2009 SS