And the winner, drawn totally at random, is … Shefinn! Thanks to everyone who played. We’ll do it again soon.

Dinner catches me off guard every single day. I have no idea how that’s possible, but there it is: we sit down to do homework and the next thing I know it’s 5:30 and Wade is on his way home and I’m staring into the freezer wondering how many more times this month I can serve beans and rice before everyone goes on a hunger strike.

(Answer: ZERO! Because I’m the only one who will eat it any more, which is sad, because I make a damn fine beans and rice. Although even I’m getting a little tired of it. But shh don’t tell anyone in my house.)

I need a robot to make me dinner. Rosie, from the Jetsons! Remember her? How awesome would that be? I loved Rosie.

Since I do not have a Rosie (dammit) I have to rely on my iPhone — not to cook, of course, just to help me plan. Last winter, I wrote about the Kraft iFood Assistant app –  I loved it then, and I love it now. Kraft has relaunched the app, with videos, which are awesome because I need as much direction as I can get. More, sometimes.

The iFood app lets you organize recipes and grocery lists right on your iPhone — for cooking challenged folks like me, this is a dream come true. I’m just hoping that the next upgrade will include some mechanism that actually cooks the dinner, but that seems like a lot to ask, even of an iPhone.

But I’m still hopeful!

This new version of the iFood Assistant also includes a reminder function, which means that you can plan your menu and then have your phone remind you of your plans. So instead of staring into the freezer at 5:30, you can have the reminder pop up early enough to actually get dinner on the table.

(Also, how ironic is it that the screen shot is for a bean dish? So ironic!)

I really love my iFood app, and I think you’ll love it, too — and so I’m hosting a little giveaway, to hook you up with your own pocket chef.

What’s up for grabs? Two $25 iTunes gift cards (the iFood Assistant is available through iTunes, for 99 cents)  and a $50 American Express gift card that you can use to shop for groceries (or shoes, whatever, I don’t judge).  Either way, you can turn dinner into a party, which is nice on a Wednesday night.

This is a Twitter contest, and the theme is food — specifically, foods that you wish you knew how to prepare (or if you’re already someone who cooks, foods you just don’t prepare often enough). To enter, follow @SusanW and send me a reply tweet with the food (or foods) you wish you were serving. You can include the hashtag #iFood if you want other people to be able to search other entries from your answer, but that’s optional.

Still not sure how to enter? Go to Twitter.com. Are you there? Good. Now! Follow me, @SusanW, and send me a tweet reply with the food you wish you were serving. It’ll look something like these:

@SusanW Pigs feet! #iFood

@SusanW I would love to know how to whip up some avocado soup. #iFood

I’ll pick a winner randomly from the tweet replies, and send that lucky soul a direct message on Friday (that’s why you need to follow me — I can only DM you if you’re following, see). I’ll also update the top of this post to let everyone know who won. This is my first Twitter contest, so let’s see if it works.

Thanks to all of you for playing, and to Kraft for providing the prizes. And an extra big thanks to Maggie Mason, for doing this first and letting me steal all her rules and language.