Food Allergy Give-Away: Ian's Natural Foods Party Package Contest

The folks at Ian's Foods are offering a chance for Food Allergy Assistant blog readers to win an Allergen Free Food Party package to include Ian's pizza or chicken nuggets- enough for 14 people. They even provide the plates, utensils, napkins, invitations for each winner to send to guests, and fun stickers and tattoos.

It's a party in a box and sure to be fun for your family and friends!

Our family recently had the opportunity to try Ian's chicken tenders. They are free of wheat, gluten, dairy, egg, soy and nuts, but not free of flavor. Truly, they are yummy! I also love that they don't contain hydrogenated oils, refined sugars, preservatives or artificial colors or flavors. They are simply chicken with a satisfying crunchy coating.

Ian's Foods offers all natural, organic, allergy friendly foods for kids. Search by allergen and check out their products.

So, how do I get in on this awesome party give-away you ask? Here's what you need to do in 3 simple steps:

• Check out the Ian's Food contest rules.
• Sign-up for Ian's Super Fit Kid program.
• Post a comment on this blog. I'd love to hear about how you deal with the food restrictions in your family, but really any comment will do, "You're the best", "Have a great day", "I love a free contest"...whatever comes to mind.

You have until Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 to enter. Winners will be notified by Sept. 24. Good luck!

Monday Review- GoPicnic

Today's Monday Review is brought to you by GoPicnic, a company specializing in ready-made snackbox meals.

In 2005, GoPicnic provided shelf-stable meals to a major US airline. Since then, they have expanded and now offer over 25 different meal and snack options for adults and kids, including vegetarian, gluten-free and kosher alternatives.

All GoPicnic snackboxes are peanut free. Their MightyMunch kids meals are tree-nut free too. Plus, if you like to avoid trans fat, high fructose corn syrup and MSG, GoPicnic doesn't add any of those either. Complete ingredient information is available on their boxes and website. Read carefully as some products are manufactured on the same line, or produced in a facility, that processes top allergens.

I really appreciate that these meals don't require heating or refrigeration. You simply open the box, use the enclosed plastic utensils, and eat. They even provide a wet-wipe for easy clean-up. What a perfect solution for a quick school lunch, a field trip day or a visit to grandma's. As you prepare to travel, how convenient it would be to order several snackboxes and have them shipped directly to your destination. No more worrying about what to feed your food allergic child when you first arrive. Wouldn't it be great if GoPicnic had a food allergy line of snackboxes? I'd love to see a few kids meals that are free of dairy and egg, as well as peanuts and tree nuts.

I tried Safari Munch, Sports Munch and Go Trek. The meals are well-balanced and I like the variety in the boxes - 5 or 6 foods for each meal.

Snackboxes are priced as low as $2.99 (most kids meals are $4.99). As a bonus to Food Allergy Assistant readers, GoPicnic will give a 25% discount for your first order. Just use coupon code "GPTHANKS".

Check out GoPicnic's complete line of products.

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