US/TR Cookbook

The other day our HRC, Rebecca, stumbled across an entire cookbook assembled by former staff members. It’s full of appetizers, soups, desserts, drinks, and more. Pretty neat! It really is an impressive list of recipes and I decided, why not share these with the world! I’ll try to post a set of recipes each week from the book. Who knows, maybe something will tickle your fancy!

Appetizer:

Artichoke Dip

 

Ingredients:

14 oz. can artichoke hearts, drained & chopped	1 c. Miracle Whip
1 c. Parmesan cheese, shredded	1 clove garlic, chopped

  Instructions:

1.  Preheat oven at 350 degrees
2. Mix together and put in pie plate.
3. Bake in oven for 25-30 minute

- Recipe by Laurie Schaefer

Entree: 

Angel Hair Pasta with Chicken

 

 Ingredients:

2 T. olive oil, divided	2 cloves garlic, minced
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch cubes	12 oz. angel hair pasta
¼ c. grated Parmesan cheese	2/3 c. chicken broth
1 carrot, sliced diagonally into ¼-inch pieces	1 tsp. dried basil
1 – 10 oz. pkg. frozen broccoli florets, thawed

Instructions:

1.       Heat 1 T. oil in a medium skillet over medium heat; add chicken.  Cook, stirring until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.  Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels.

2.       Heat remaining oil in same skillet.  Add carrot to skillet.  Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes.  Add broccoli and garlic to skillet.  Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes longer.

3.       Cook pasta according to package directions.  While pasta is cooking, add chicken broth, basil, and Parmesan to skillet.  Stir to combine.  Return chicken to skillet.  Reduce heat and simmer for 4 minutes.

4.       Drain pasta.  Place in a large serving bowl.  Top with chicken and vegetable mixture.  Serve immediately.  Serves 4.

-         - Recipe by Susan Crotteau  

Dessert:

$100,000 Candy Bar

  

Ingredients:

2 bags caramels	2 c. rice krispies
2 T. milk	2 c. chopped nuts

Instructions:

1. Melt caramels and milk in microwave.  Add rice krispies and nuts.
2. Pour into greased 9x13-inch pan.
3. Cut into pieces and dip into melted milk chocolate.

- Recipe by Peggy Schneider

Orientation Extravaganza

During the summer things tend to die down around campus. Yes, even the University Store aka "Party Central" has its slow days. Before we know it though, we're overrun by waves of incoming freshman and parents thanks to UWSP's Freshman Orientation! Lines grow long and shelves become empty. It's our incoming students' first chance to snag Pointer gear and our first chance to meet and greet with them. It really is a fun (and busy) time of the year!

Students and parents waiting in line to acquire some UWSP swag.

Terra working hard and keeping the lines rolling along smoothly.

Shelby explains to incoming freshman how our Text Rental system works and how it saves them dinero.

The University Store is where all the cool kids hang out. For example, Rebecca and Shelby here.

Speaking of cool... Shelly excitedly handing out candy to incoming shoppers.

Haley and Melanie showing exemplary teamwork as they ring up students and parents.

Alan and Shelby quiz students on our Text Rental system. The reward for right answers? Candy of course.

Haley happily helping a huddled herd of shoppers.

Matt keeping the back organized all while trying to keep a straight face.

Bethanee up to her neck in Stevie dolls.

That's it for now, but we're only halfway through Orientation so you may see another album of us taking care of business and having a little fun along the way. Hope you're enjoying the summer weather! I'm currently in an air-conditioned basement so my grasp of outside is entirely warped.

Cheese Pizza, Hold the Cheese

So yesterday a few of us took advantage of Domino's 50% off online order deal and had some pizzas delivered to the store. Two of us decided to split a pizza: one half sausage and mushroom, one half cheese.

Well one half was certainly sausage and mushroom. The other half though...

As you can see, they seemed to have missed a key ingredient. What do you need to constitute a pizza?

• Crust
• Sauce
• Cheese

We were good sports about it and pretended they were pizza shaped bread sticks. Next time we order we'll make sure to clarify we want a crust underneath all of our toppings.

Up to our Necks

We recently setup a big Stevie Pointer plush doll display and it's absolutely overflowing with Stevies. So much so that we didn't realize we had buried Bethanee alive...

Here is her story.
 





It's like a childbirth video sans everything gross.

A Blog Worth Reading

Hello! Hola! Ni Hao! I’m Justin, the new Web Manager for the UWSP University Store, and this blog now falls under my jurisdiction! I see the blog as a way for the University Store to communicate with you and, more importantly, for you to communicate with us. 

We are more than bookshelves in a basement. We are people.

Most of us are students. We come here and get our books, our folders, our T-shirts, etc. We’re Science Majors, Communication Majors, Art Majors, etc. I’m a Fine Arts Junior myself, and I’m constantly running here for art supplies. I want to use this blog as a way to show the human faces running this machine. Humans are interesting. This blog will be interesting. I want you to want to read this blog. So what can you expect to see on this blog?

What the heck goes on around here? Expect to see photos of us working on projects, events, daily chores, and overall having fun. Get a behind-the-scenes look of how we make this place function every day. You’d be surprised how exciting it gets around here and things we probably shouldn’t be so excited about (a new time clock with a cool swipy card!).

We also plan on making videos! Demonstration and review videos (how waterproof is this waterproof paper?). Video demonstrations of all the services we provide that you may not be aware of such as our Postal substation and Online Store. We may even attempt to make fun videos just for entertainments sake.

Did you know we have a Book Club? And that we have real life meetings?? Neither did I until I took this position. Find out what books are currently being read and join in on the conversation. We plan to even offer any book we’re reading in the store at a discounted price! Already have a book club? Tell us what books you plan on reading and we’ll try to stock it for you and offer THAT at a discounted price as well! Pretty neat, huh?

We have a lot of other ideas up in the air about how to make this a blog worth reading. If you have any ideas or opinions, please please PLEASE share! We want to hear from YOU. Let this post be the beginning of a wonderful, new relationship (platonic of course).

Have a nice day, stop by again soon!