Evan
Miyoko’s Roadhouse Cheddah Spread
Super great for cheese and crackers or spread on toast with anything added. Great flavor and simple ingredients.
Joe
Lily’s Sweets Dark Chocolate Bars
They’re sweetened with stevia and erythritol, not sugar. The one with almonds is my favorite.
Epic Bars
Delicious, low-carb, and convenient. Wild Boar is probably my favorite.
Laura
Fizzeology Kickapoo Curtido
Refreshing and local with a slightly spicy kick, this stuff has become one of my new favorites to have atop Tres Foods Papusas for lunch. It also goes great on multiple other things, but I’m especially digging that combo—some cheese melted over the Papusa and slices of avocado with a heaping pile of Curtido on top!
Taylor Farms Wellness Blend Greens Mix
A great greens mix that is hearty and never gets old. Excellent as the base for a salad or added to a stir-fry, soup, etc. My yearly winter challenge is to consume a whole container myself every week 🙂
Forrest
Willy Street Co-op Ranchero Salad
This is a perfect light lunch or dinner. Great base of greens topped with seeds, cheese, and salsa. The housemade ranch dressing brings out a melody of flavors.
Collin
Roth Canela Cheese
A true dark horse, this cheese is a versatile and excellent addition to many dishes. Roth’s Canela is a delicious manchego-style cheese made with cow’s milk with a rind rubbed with warming spices. Try grating this cheese over pizza, soups, pasta, or rice and beans for a unique taste and special treat! Roth Cheese is world-famous and made right here in Wisconsin. Available at East only.
Melissa
Maya Kaimal Red Lentil Butternut Squash Everyday Dal
I really like this Dal. I usually like to keep one or two at my desk or in my pantry at home. It’s convenient to be 90 seconds away from enjoying a hearty, warming meal for lunch at the office, or or a quick dinner at home. One pouch is filling, so you can easily get two servings out of it. As a bonus, it’s certified organic!
Matt
Kerrygold Dubliner Cheese
A lovely dry aged cheddar-ish cheese with a tart rustic edge and a fruity complexity made from Irish grassfed cow’s milk. Smashing with sourdough, crackers, or strong red wine.
James
Cafe Spice Chicken Tikka Masala with Saffron Rice
This is one of my go-to microwaveable meals when I’m on break at work. I like that it’s not frozen and doesn’t take a lot of time to heat up. I have had all of the other frozen chicken tikka masala meals and this one is currently my personal favorite. Definitely worth a try!
Paleo Mama Magic Bars
These little bars may be small but they are so good and so worth it! They taste so good that you will be shocked that they are paleo, gluten-free, and grain-free! I don’t adhere to any of those diets, but every now and then I just have to buy a package of these. They have clean ingredients and are locally made—what’s not to love?! Available at East and West only.
Sara
Attitude Shampoo and Conditioner
I LOVE the Super Leaves Nourishing & Strengthening Shampoo and Conditioner from Attitude. It’s made with grapeseed oil and olive leaves which helps moisturize and strengthen dry and damaged hair. It’s EWG- (Environemental Working Group) verified, hypoallergenic, and it truly moisturizes your hair without weighing it down. The shampoo (and other select products) are available in an Eco Refill bulk on-the-go container, so you can refill your bottle at home.
Kristi
Aura Cacia Relaxing Lavender Mist
I am in love with this one. I use it as a facial toner. Most hydrosols are by-products of the extraction of essential oils. This product uses pure lavender oils mixed with water. It has such a lovely, calming scent and keeps my skin clean and hydrated for the win.
Thayer
Wedderspoon Ginger Manuka Honey Drops
The wonderful taste of manuka honey combines with ginger for an amazing flavor that is also full of healthy benefits. I recommend these for when you have a cold or just when you want a luscious treat for yourself.
Angelica
Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa Incense
Nag Champa Incense isn’t only for the meditative and spiritual among us. It can really clear up the stuffiness of a winter dwelling with absolute coziness.
Orange You Glad It’s Vegan Cake Slice
I love everything about this cake. Its bright sweet citrus flavor, its creamy frosting, the fact that it’s light enough to still feel good afterwards…everything!
Ben
Kalamata Olives from the Olive Bar
These are the tastiest olives I’ve ever had! They’re so much better than canned olives. I love being able to purchase just a small portion of them .
Piper
De La Calle! Ginger Manzana Tapache
I just tried this for the first time and it’s my new favorite! Wonderful spiced apple cider taste with plenty of ginger and fizz. It has the complexity of a mixed drink without the alcohol. Do yourself a favor and try one!
Kristina
Field Roast Plant-Based Smoked Apple and Sage Bratwursts
I tried this product during our hot dog and brat sale a couple of months back and absolutely loved it!! I now am working my way through each flavor offering. I am a meat eater, and yet I loved this product more than some traditional brat products. It is high in flavor and protein and has a pleasing texture. I am hooked, and it is a great vegan option to either use in a traditional format or cut up and add into pastas.
Melissa
Once Again Organic Lightly Sweetened, Sunflower Seed Butter
This Sunflower Seed Butter has just the right amount of sweetness, and I really like the consistency compared to other brands. But not only does it taste amazing, the company is employee-owned and committed to sustainability. Check out their neat back story on their website.
Go Max Go Vegan Candy Bars
These are new (at Willy North), and they are sooooo good! Think vegan versions of your favorite classic candy bars. AND, most of them are gluten-free.
Amy
Rise Nitro Cold Brew Coffee Oat Milk Latte
Gives me vibes of chugging chocolate milk as a kid…i just wanna CHUG it! To combat this, I dump it in with the rest of my regular coffee and add ice. This makes it bigger and stronger. It’s got that not-too-sweet oat milky and it really wets your whistle!
Brendon
Organic Pink Lady Apples
Although this isn’t my favorite apple variety (that title is held by the macoun, available for an all-too-brief time each fall), Pink Lady apples are available pretty much year-round. They’re crisp apples whose taste is a great combination of sweet and tart. Apple slices with some cheese, a baguette, and some sausage is my kind of lunch.
Atticus
Kevita Mango Kombucha
It’s a great way to start off the morning. It’s really refreshing after a night’s rest and gets you going in the morning.
Mourning Dove
Organic Rutabagas
I had my first rutabaga recently, and I was surprised no one ever told me how amazing they are. I didn’t want you to miss out either, so I’m here to encourage you not to underestimate this root veggie. Baked rutabaga fries with a sprinkle of coriander, cumin, and black pepper is where it’s at.
Jordi
Field Day Organic Spaghetti
Organic pasta is known to have more texture and flavor than your average supermarket brand, and Field Day Organic Spaghetti is a testament to this. Field Day has the best pasta I’ve seen in its price range, and what’s most telling about its quality is the pasta water after boiling. About a half cup or so of pasta water is essential for sauce cohesion and taking any pasta dish up a notch, and Field Day more than delivers on this front.
Amanda
Willy Street Co-op Bone Broth
We carry beef and chicken broth. Made in-house, this is such a fresh clean broth. Why make it at home when our meat department makes it for you? All meat bones, except the chicken are locally sourced. But since we make it all in-house we consider them all locally prepared. Flavors vary by store.Amanda Ikens
Tipi Produce Carrots
They are so sweet and tasty! No other carrot packs as much flavor as Tipi’s. You can tell that they are grown with love. You can also get them well into winter. They are great raw, cooked, or even juiced!
Miso Master Organic White Miso
This is a must-have for the fridge. It is super versatile and can be used in soup, on fish, or throw it on the veggies you are frying up. Glaze it; whisk it; mash it. Find new adventures with this paste.
Troubadour Bakery English MuffinS
They KNOCKED it out of the park with this English Muffin. I have never had such a delicious one before. Take your breakfast sandwich to a whole other level. Have your napkin at the ready, because it is messy.
Abigail
Willy Street Co-op The Green C Juice
This is really filled with a lot of vitamin C! Only three ingredients (orange juice, parsley juice, and lime juice) and it is all organic. I like to drink this when I need an cleansing boost or for a refreshing summertime drink. Don’t let the parsley scare you—it pairs so well with the citrus. Yum!
Everyone Hand Soap
I love washing my hands with this stuff! I bought this on sale for the first time and now I will buy it every time. Every scent is so lovely; my favorite being apricot and vanilla (and spearmint and lemongrass and ruby grapefruit—all of the scents I’ve tried have been so delightful, really). These soaps are made with essential oils which aren’t overpowering or “fragrance-y” smelling. Everyone Soap also uses coconut-derived cleansers and organic plant extracts in their ingredients which leaves your hands clean without dryness. We all know how important it is to wash your hands—take the experience to the next level with these awesome soaps from Everyone!
Nutkrack Classic Candied Pecans
It took me a while to try these, but now I know what the hype is about! Crunchy, sweet, salty, everything you’d want in a snack. Try putting them in chocolate chip cookies if you want to make something really special. Also takes oatmeal up a notch.
