Cornmeal is a wonderful, healthy grain! High in fiber, low in fat, and gluten-free; it is also abundant with B-vitamins and minerals to ground you! When you are looking to make an easy side dish, 
don’t discount polenta. Long regarded as difficult, because it required endless stirring, this recipe couldn’t be easier to make. And it beats the packaged tubes of supermarket polenta HANDS DOWN.
Polenta is a staple of Northern Italian cuisine, but you will find it an excellent side dish for any meal. It’s also wonderful for babies and children.
Make sure to always buy organic Polenta corn grits. Corn is a genetically engineered crop (GMOs). Cornmeal comes in a variety of grades, fine (corn flour for baking), medium and coarse, so be sure to buy the medium grade appropriate for Polenta!
Whether for your child or yourself, maintaining a restrictive diet while on vacation can be a trick, especially one that’s gluten-free. Recently I was presented with this challenge – not only gluten-free, but a vegetarian and low-residue (no roughage or anything raw) diet as well – while traveling out of the country. While not suffering from Celiac specifically, it was still important to my intestinal health that I maintained this strict regimen. Of course, I found it a real test. However, there were some foods that saved me, and lessons I learned on the fly that I will be sure to rely upon as I continue to travel while I am on this eating regimen. My hope is that these suggestions help others as well!