I recently downloaded the Kraft iFood Assistant app because 1) I’m a foodie and 2) one of my biggest goals for 2010 is to be more organized.   I actually don’t have hardly any food apps on my iPhone so I was excited to try this out.

From the main menu, you can access a number of features immediately; recipe of the day, cooking videos, recipe box, shopping list, and recipe ideas for dinner or that are even budget friendly, although I found almost all the recipes to be pretty budget friendly.

(my iPhone screen is dirty…sorry ’bout that!)

There are gazillions of recipes to choose from but my favorite part, and the part that will help in my organization goal, is the nifty shopping list it creates from the recipes that I want to use. Not only that, it categorizes your ingredients by aisle or recipe and when you get the item, you can check the box to mark it off.   In my recipe box at this moment is Crisp and Creamy Baked Chicken.  I can see a beautiful, vibrant photo of the recipe dish with tabs to view ingredients, directions, and ideas.  There is also two spots to click on if you choose to that will add to your recipe box and/or your shopping list.  It tells you everything you need to know, including prep time and total cooking time.  You can even sync your recipe box to your recipe box on KraftFoods.com. THAT is very cool!

Another feature I loved was the “What’s on Hand” section. You can search for recipes with up to three ingredients that you currently have in your pantry.  It offers a store locator complete with map, reminders, and even comments and ratings of each recipe.

Overall, I LOVE this app and give it two thumbs up all around.  I found it useful while in the store and by searching recipes under the budget friendly section, I was able to add a couple of more meals for less than I thought while at the store.

I didn’t find any problems with the app, nor did I find anything that I didn’t like.  I’m a huge fan of Kraft already so I’m happy to see them step into the “now” with this application.

The Kraft iFood Assistant app is available for download on iTunes for $.99 cents.  You can read more about all the features at the official iFood Assistant website but if you’re a foodie who loves recipes and lists, you’ll love this!

Oh, and that Crisp and Creamy Baked Chicken…….Keep your eyes peeled out for that recipe coming soon here at My Wooden Spoon!

SOMETHING FOR YOU

Up for grabs today for one lucky winner is a $50 American Express gift card to hopefully buy you some tasty ingredients for some Kraft recipes and a $25 iTunes gift card which is more than enough to buy this fun foodie app!

TO ENTER

Check out the Kraft iFood Assistant app website and tell me what feature appeals to you most or what feature you’d like to see added to it that it doesn’t currently offer.  Leave your comment on this post please.

Additional ways to enter, leaving each one in a separate comment, include:

• Sign up for my monthly newsletter.
• Share this giveaway on a social networking site like twitter, facebook or forum.
• Browse my recipes and find one that uses Kraft ingredients, come back to THIS post and tell me the name of the recipe.

Giveaway ends on Jan 3rd, 2010 and general giveaway rules can be found here.

Compensation for this post has been provided by Kraft Foods for ingredients to make recipes from the app, downloading the app, and conducting this giveaway. As always, opinions are of my own and always will be. Read my disclosure for my blogging ethics;)

OVER! Thanks for entering:)

First and foremost, I have 2 winners to announce!  The Wilton pans winner & the Barbecue sauce winner:) 

1. The Wilton Pans prize package winner is Kathleen from Katydid and Kid.  Woohoo!  I was really surprised that a blogger won because I had sooooo many entries that were non-bloggers!
2. The Barbecue Sauce winner is Brandi Lowe!!! 

Both of you need to contact me with your 411 and claim your prize.  You have 1 week to do so.  This information is also on the current giveaways page.

Secondly, it’s time for my next giveaway!
Every week from today until July 31, I’ll be giving away a prize.  Let me tell you people, you won’t wanna miss this.  I gathered up some great prizes from cash, gift sets, magazine subscriptions, and even a KITCHENAID FOOD PROCESSOR:) !!! 
The best way for you to keep track of each weekly giveaway, is to subscribe to my feed via RSS reader or by EMAIL.  If you choose email, you MUST confirm your subscription or you won’t get any updates.   I promise you will receive NO spam!  Only email updates when I make a new post here. 
I’ve made it VERY easy to enter so everyone can win.  What is that you ask?  Do I ship anywhere?  ABSOLUTELY!  I have always made my contests & giveaways eligible to everyone no matter where you live.  If UPS or USPS can deliver there, I’ll mail it there. 

WHAT YOU GET!

2 winners will receive a 10 year membership to the emealsforyou.com website!  Not only do they have a slew of recipes, they do meal planning as well.  The recipes are wonderfully easy to make and you’ll have tons of choices.  You have a “Favorite’s Box”.  Within that box, lies your recipes, pantry planner, meal plans, & shopping list.  One of my favorite things about this site is the recipe finder.  You can search by ingredient or recipe collection but the ingredient is my fave.  How many times have you sat there with an ingredient wondering what you can make with it!!!???  I know I have a million times but this will help you find a recipe. 

Meal planning made easy!  They offer a Quick and Easy meal plan and a Special Occasion Meal plan that you can choose from if you need something fast.  Otherwise, you can create your own meal plan using their recipes.  What’s even cooler, is that you can scale down your recipe to whatever serving size you need and it automatically adjusts!!  How cool is that!  Wait, it only gets better:)  When you have created your meal plan, you will be able to print your shopping list for all those meals!  Gosh this is a cool site! Imagine the time you’ll save!

There is soooo much you can do at emealsforyou.com so I encourage you to join today.  Remember, if you use the coupon code MYWSPN-37, you’ll save $5 bucks of the membership price.   By the way, a portion of your subscription to them goes to the breast cancer initiatives.

HOW TO ENTER:

I’ve made it super simple to enter.  You can do one or all.  You get 1 entry for each one you do, with the exception of the banner.  Please try to leave everything you’ve done in ONE comment.  It makes it easier for me to keep up with;)

1. Leave a comment telling me why you would like this.  Only ONE comment per person will count! 
2. Blog about this week’s giveaway linking to this prize page OR my home page.
3. Stumble this post.  You must be a member of Stumbleupon.  Don’t lie and say you did because I can track everyone who stumbles.  Besides that’s not fair to the others  who really did stumble.  Don’t know what Stumbleupon is?  Read about stumbling here. 
4. Feed my Piggy   You really don’t have to do anything but visit the pig.  Come back here and let me know what you think about my pig’s appearance!..LOL

BONUS entry:  Add a banner  to your sidebar for the duration of the giveaways (which is 3mths) and I’ll automatically give you 5 extra entries into each giveaway that you choose to enter!  I MADE FOUR BANNERS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.  CLICK HERE!

Another Bonus entry: Since I started a forum, I thought I’d offer you a chance to get 5 extra entries by registering and posting a topic in the Cook’s Corner section or any other section you like! 
The Fine Print
Every week, the 4th (optional) entry will vary.  Number 1,2, and 3 will always remain the same.   If you choose to blog about it, you must do this for each prize, each week.  Each winner (each week) will be selected randomly.  The winner will have 1 week to claim his or her prize.   You MUST contact me to claim your prize!!
THIS WEEK’S PRIZE GIVEAWAY WILL END ON JUNE 22TH, 2008 AT ABOUT 10:00PM CST. 
 Good luck to all who enter!!