PurelyPope Dealing with Grief

Dealing with Grief

As most of you may know, I lost someone who was incredibly special to me in January. This special someone was my Aunt Mary De. To give you a little glimpse of how amazing she was, and how much she meant to me, I would love to share with you the speech I made at her Celebration of Life. You can find that below. I thought that this post could be helpful for anyone who is dealing with grief or loss of any sort. Up until this point of my life,  I hadn't dealt with losing someone so close to me....

PurelyPope Low Carb Pad Thai

Low Carb Pad Thai

Pad Thai is hands down one of my favorite meals to eat out, so I had to make an easy, healthy version for myself to make at home. Enter: Low Carb Pad Thai! The flavors in the low carb pad thai are absolutely delicious and it's so simple to put together - a one pan meal in fact! Let's jump right in! Low Carb Pad Thai Details! As I mentioned, this recipe is so simple, but it's also great because it's insanely versatile. You can really make it with anything that you have on hand, so let's walk through that. Choose your...

PurelyPope Healthy Addicting Cauliflower

Healthy Addicting Cauliflower

If cauliflower can be pizza, you can be anything! Haha - but really, what can't cauliflower do?! I'm a big fan of making cauliflower into pizza, pasta, tots, etc. - but it's also DAMN GOOD as is! This cauliflower has definitely earned it's name of healthy addicting cauliflower - it's truly addicting! Healthy Addicting Cauliflower Deets! First of all, this recipe for the sauce is absolutely amazing and can be used for any vegetable - it adds so much flavor and is insanely satisfying! Here are the ingredients in sauce: Organic Cauliflower: Always go for the organic cauliflower. It's one of those that...

PurelyPope No Bake Cookies

No Bake Cookies: 5 Ingredient Chocolate Chip

If you've caught on by now, you know that I LOVE my sweets. Make them gluten/grain free, vegan sugar free, no bake cookies and I'm REALLY a happy camper. These are also the easiest & you don't even have to use your oven. How amazing is that? Read on to learn about the deets! No Bake Cookie Deets! It's so amazing what you can do with so many natural ingredients that come from the one and only - mother nature! Let's walk through the five ingredients we used in these cookies and why I love each on of them! Nuttzo 7...

PurelyPope Grain Free Buffalo Cauliflower

Grain Free Buffalo Cauliflower

First of all, you just absolutely cannot go wrong with Buffalo anything in my opinion, let alone grain free buffalo cauliflower! My inspiration for this dish was the classic buffalo chicken wrap, but since I'm not eating meat ATM, I wanted to make a cauliflower version and of course a healthier version all around. Read on to learn the deets! Let's Health-ify That! I've been loving sharing how I make a version of anything that will 'love you back' if you catch my drift, so I'm going to do just that. Take you through how my brain works in finding healthy subs...

PurelyPope Vegan Enchiladas Low Carb

Black Bean Vegan Enchiladas

Enchiladas are easily one of my favorite ways to enjoy Mexican food, but often I'm only ordering fajitas when I'm out as they're the safest bet ingredient wise at a restaurant. However, the beauty of being in my own kitchen is that I know EVERYTHING that goes into my vegan enchiladas - my favorite part! I'm going to give you a peek inside how my brain works with "healthify-ing" any typical dinner, read on! Vegan Enchiladas Made Healthy! Your typical enchilada will be loaded with cheese, on a typical flour or corn tortilla, and you're not entirely sure what oils and spices...

PurelyPope Vegan Pepper Poppers

Vegan Pepper Poppers

These vegan pepper poppers are a crowd favorite! And I'm not just saying that, they've been a hit at multiple family parties - filled with family members who don't eat healthy BTW! IMO that's the biggest tell tale of a fool proof recipe. I also take pride in 'health-ifying' classic recipes, and these vegan pepper poppers were no exception! Typically poppers are filled with a heavy saturated fat and not so good for you meet. These are filled with yummy veggies and good for you fats - what's not to love?! Vegan Pepper Poppers Done Right! Most pepper poppers don't actually call for...

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Purely Plant Based Proteins!

Lately I've been craving a more plant centric diet, which hasn't ever really been the case for me in the past. I've always loved steak, chicken, fish, etc. That being said, this came as a change for me and I was forced to do some research and look a big deeper into where I could get protein from outside of your typical meat or fish sources. So naturally, I'm sharing all of my knowledge with you! Protein Packed Plants! Obviously I love to get specific with you guys, so I'm going to share with you my favorite sources of plant based protein: Hemp...

Vegan Chocolate Bark Recipe PurelyPope

Vegan Dark Chocolate Bark

Anyone else a sweets feen?! Recently, I've been indulging non-stop. Given this, I've been making it a point to have a healthy treat on hand at all times. Sometimes that may just simply be a piece of Lily's Dark Chocolate, while other times I decide to get fancy and make something like this Vegan Dark Chocolate Bark! Lily's Sweets also prides itself on being sweetened with Stevia in lieu of sugar. This is something I can get behind! The company itself has an amazing story and was actually named after a little girl, who was diagnosed with Brain Cancer. Since being...

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Chickpea Skillet

Alright, it’s no secret by now that I am a SUCKER for sweets. It’s my weakness, I’m well aware of it and I don’t mind it at all. Just instead of whipping up a roll of Tollhouse cookies, I choose to create healthy and delicious hacks that won’t make me feel like sh$t legit five minutes later. ;) Enter my chickpea VEGAN dessert obsession! SO there comes my recipe testing - usually what I do is search around the internet typical ingredients for (in this case) a chocolate chip cookie skillet. Then, I improvise and hope for the best. Lucky for...