Crunchy Chicken and Potatoes Au Gratin

What you need:

4 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
1 onion, sliced into rings
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

What you do:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 1 quart casserole dish.
Layer 1/2 of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
Bake 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven.

My after dinner comments: I used a 13x9 pan and it worked perfect! I also made it the day before and then put it in a 350 deg oven for about 20 minutes to heat the next night.

CRUNCHY CHICKEN
What you need:
2 chicken breasts, cooked and deboned
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1/2 cup butter
40 buttery round crackers

What you do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Chop chicken into small pieces and place in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
Mix soup and sour cream and pour over chicken. Dot with butter or margarine. Crumble crackers finely and put on top of chicken mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

After dinner comments: Ok, so this was SO SIMPLE! and it was awesome! Everyone loved it! I didn't add anything except when i cooked up the chicken pieces before i put it in the cassarole dish, i added some garlic powder and some italian seasoning. If i had not of put that in, it might have been a little bland, and next time, i think i might add some corn or peas to the mix. Oh...and i used cream of mushroom in stead of cream of chicken. =)