Creamy Spinach & Chicken filling

My family made some delicious ice cream last night as a special treat (I'll be posting about it soon!). Hubby brought home extra citrus produce, so I suggested we have crepes tonight. We love crepes with lemon juice and sugar... so good! Anyhow, when hubby started making crepes, (he's the resident fry-daddy and crepe maker) he informed me that he wanted a spinach and chicken filling to make it more dinner appropriate so this is what I came up with from what we had in our kitchen...

Creamy Spinach and Chicken Filling

2 Tbsp Butter

2 heaping Tbsp Flour

1 cup milk

salt and pepper

3 big handfuls spinach

2 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped- I had left over roast chicken I used.

2 green onions, chopped

1/2 cube Cream Cheese (1/3 less fat)

1/2 cup + Parmesan cheese, freshly grated.

dash of garlic powder

salt and pepper

Melt butter over medium heat, sprinkle flour, stirring constantly. When flour has completely soaked up butter and is bubbly add milk. Stir constantly, add salt and pepper to taste.

When slightly thickened add spinach. Simmer until spinach cooks down a bit. Add chicken, onions, cream cheese, parmesan and garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Stir often.

Continue to simmer until everything is melted and spinach is completely cooked down, stirring occasionally.

Serve as a filling for crepes.

My review: Totally easy. Ingredients I generally always have on hand (except the green onions), which makes cooking so much easier. It also tasted absolutely delicious! My hubby and I couldn't get enough of it. Our 3 year old was the only one who turned his nose up at it and that was after he saw the spinach and eaten half of it. Our 4 year old finished his brother's in seconds flat. Next time I may try sauteing a clove of garlic rather than the powder, I was just too lazy tonight.

It would also be great as a filling with pasta, I'm thinking large shells stuffed with spinach, cheesy goodness and baked 15 minutes after topped with sauce. Yummy! Or even just mixed, casserole style with penne.