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This week’s WIN-It-Wednesday is all about convenience. Ways to simplify our crazy busy days and make things less complicate, easier to navigate and give us some extra free time.

The week’s Win-It-Wednesday sponsors are Navan Foods, an allergen free food shop, that has personal and customized food options; and Sabine’s Cuisine, a personal chef service that specializes in gluten and allergen free meal planning, shopping and preparation.

Navan Foods is the place to find one-on-one individual service that is a friendly resource and one-stop shop. So many times in the past Jennifer Elizondo, the owner of Navan Foods, has helped me, and BeFreeForMe members find those hard-to-find allergen free items. Jennifer loves what she does and is so very helpful. She even helped a BeFreeForMe member find a corn free confectionary sugar, that was needed to make the frosting for her dream wedding cake.

How’s that for frosting-on-the-cake customer service?

Another reason I like Navan Foods is the icon guide that effortlessly navigates you through the site. The icons make shopping for special diets easier. Navan does the hard work and determines what products are free of what allergens by contacting the manufacturer and asking them a series of questions about their products ingredients and their manufacturing facilities. Her prices are good too. One of the specials on the site now is a box of 5.25 ounce Lucy’s Cookies for $3.79. A fantastic deal for these gluten, egg, nut & peanut free cookies! (Note: This offer ends on May 7th, 2010).

Sabine’s Cuisine is headed up by Sabine St. Pierre, a former school teacher turned gourmet chef that specializes in gluten free / allergen free cooking. What I like the best about Sabine’s service is her customized menu planning based upon allergies & intolerances, as well as the way she incorporates one item into numerous weekly recipes. This keeps the cost of my grocery bills down and the variety of my meals up!

Navan Foods and Sabine’s Cuisine, the sponsors of this week’s WIN-It-Wednesday, are offering a prize package that will make life much simpler for TWO Lucky BeFreeForMe members. The prize package consists of a $20 gift certificate (PLUS free shipping!) from Navan Foods; plus a phone consultation to discuss your families allergens & special dietary requirements, followed by a customized selection of recipes and a shopping list for a week’s worth of meals (5 dinners) from Sabine’s Cuisine! This prize package has a value of over $100.00 each!

How can you win?

Easy!

Reply to this blog and tell us how you make your life simpler (Me? I bought a Brother’s P-Touch labeler and have labeled all the Tupperware canisters in my pantry… no more searching!) OR tell us why your chaotic life is most deserving of this gift card / meal planning combo prize!

Winners must be BeFreeForMe members and will be picked randomly. Entries must be received by Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 12:00 midnight EST.

Good Luck… keep things simple, and as always…

Be Free!

For those of you looking to find an allergen free food shop, that has personal and customized food options, look no further. Navan Foods is the place to find one-on-one individual service that is a friendly resource and one-stop shop.

Navan Foods has helped me, and BeFreeForMe members find those hard-to-find allergen free items. Two weeks ago, Jill, a BeFreeForMe member contacted me wondering if I knew of any corn free confectionary sugars, and where she could buy it. Jill needed the sugar to make the frosting for her wedding cake.

Without ado, I contacted Jennifer Elizondo, the owner of Navan Foods, and asked her to assist in helping this corn-free-frosting-seeking bride. Within 12 hours, Jennifer had contacted Jill and hooked her up with a corn-free confectionary sugar.

How’s that for frosting on the cake customer service?

Another reason I like Navan Foods is the icon guide that effortlessly navigates you through the site. The icons make shopping for special diets easier. Navan does the hard work and determines what products are free of what allergens by contacting the manufacturer and asking them a series of questions about their products ingredients and their manufacturing facilities.

The icons represent products that are free of certain allergens (gluten, egg, soy, dairy, corn, etc.), specialty diets (vegan, organic, kosher, diabetic friendly, etc.) as well as icons representing healthy options (low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium and sugar free).

Navan Foods is sponsoring this week’s WIN-It-Wednesday and is offering TWO Lucky BeFreeForMe members a $20 gift certificate, PLUS free shipping!

How can you win?

Easy!

Reply to this blog and tell us the one thing that you are glad you found that is gluten / allergen free (Me? Glutino gluten free pretzels!) or wish you could find (Me? Gluten free red licorice).

 Entries must be received by Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 12:00 midnight EST.

Good Luck… and as always…

Be Free!