Going grain-free to heal from autoimmune disease or other health conditions can be especially challenging. If an oatmeal or porridge breakfast was always a favorite, then finding a substitute that’s just as soothing might actually turn into a mission. After all, embracing a new way of eating is easier and sustainable only when you don’t compromise - on taste and sometimes (like in the case of oatmeal), even on a sense of comfort. My mission to find an oatmeal/porridge substit

On a grocery run this week, as I was browsing through the pretty mother’s day cards, a quote by author Jill Churchill caught my attention: “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” I really wish I’d come across and understood these words back in Jan 2003, the year I became a new mom. Life would have been a lot less stressful, to say the least. And which mom doesn’t need less stress? Especially when simultaneously dealing with a chronic illne