Chicken Divan

Ingredients
3 chicken breasts
1 16 oz bag frozen broccoli
Homemade White Sauce (see below)
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/4 cup dried bread crumbs (optional)

Directions
1. Bake or saute chicken breasts. Leftover chicken would be great for this meal!
2. Cook broccoli according to package instructions.
3. In 8x8 baking dish, place broccoli and cooked chicken.
4. Make at least 2 cups of homemade white sauce. Add 1/2 cup shredded cheese to white sauce recipe. Stir in until melted.
5. Pour white sauce over chicken and broccoli. Top with bread crumbs (I left these out!). Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until bubbly and hot!

White Sauce:

Ingredients
2 T butter
2 T flour
1-2 cups milk (whole or 2% is best!)

Directions
1. In saucepan, melt butter.
2. Once melted, add flour and whisk with butter.
3. Add milk to butter/flour mix and WHISK, WHISK, WHISK!
4. Cook on medium-high heat for 5-6 minutes. Stir often. Sauce will thicken.
5. If sauce is too thin, whisk in more flour.
6. If sauce is too thick, whisk in more milk.
7. Add chopped mushrooms for “cream of mushroom”. Add 3-4 T chicken stock for “cream of chicken”. Etc.