K. Tibbetts's Blog

Vegan plum pie? Yes, plum pie can be vegan. Or, more surprisingly, it���s usually not vegan.��
Recently, my daughter decided to go vegan. She���s been vegetarian in the past, and pescatarian (that���s a vegetarian who eats fish). And while I didn���t join her in a complete diet overhaul, I have tried to accommodate her at meal times when possible.��
In the past month, I have discovered a few things.��
Coconut oil actually can replace butter a lot of the time. Granted, I���m not going to go spreading it on

If you ever doubt the tenacity of teenagers, give them a challenge you think they can never conquer.��
Three years ago, my daughter���s friend had kittens in their garage. At the time, we had an elderly Seal Point Siamese, whose sister passed away a few years earlier. Against my better judgement, we went to see the kittens and of course, fell in love with them. We���d always gotten our cats in pairs to keep each other company. So, we picked out two little females (because I definitely didn���t want

A couple of years ago, I decided to jump on the gluten free bandwagon. Having trouble losing weight and feeling generally on the puffy side, I was desperate to find a reason why. It couldn���t possibly have been my life-long love of sweets or lack of consistent exercise. My brother-in-law had great success with a no carb diet, but I wasn���t quite ready for that commitment. So I cut out bread and other wheat products and substituted them with products made from rice flour, almond flour and