The Glow Up with Chef Stacey Dougan

10/17/2026

We have a few sponsored spots available for FREE for our Vegan Cooking with Kids class this Sunday!

A special thank you to my Spelman College sister, who generously sponsored seats for the class (and chose to remain anonymous). 💙

Zion William Dougan and I will be hosting this fun, hands-on class in collaboration with the monthly Green Side Up Local Farmers Market.

Kids will make their own Build-Your-Own Vegan “Chipotle”Style Bowls with plant-based chorizo, fresh guacamole, vegan queso, rice, beans, fajita veggies, pico and more.

Sunday, October 18 | 4:30–5:30 PM
Ages 8–14 • Older kids & teens welcome

Sponsored seats are first come, first served.
Link to register! https://forms.gle/ZaZApdNTxGPTC6qG7

Join Chef Stacey Dougan and her son, Zion, for a fun, hands-on plant-based cooking class during the Green Side Up Local Farmers Market. Kids and teens will create and prepare their own fresh plant-based dish while learning basic kitchen skills in an interactive, age-appropriate class. Ages 8-14 (you...

09/10/2026

This raw wakame seaweed salad has been one of my favorites for over 25 years. It’s also one of the recipes I served at my first raw vegan restaurant in Atlanta.

Wakame is naturally rich in iodine and also contains minerals including calcium, magnesium and iron. You can find dried wakame at almost any Asian market.

Wakame Seaweed Salad

5 oz dried wakame seaweed
Water, for reconstituting
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup sesame oil
3 tbsp fresh garlic, minced

If you want the wakame chopped fine, pulse it in the food processor first, then reconstitute it in water. If you prefer larger pieces, reconstitute it as is.

Drain well, then toss with lemon juice, sesame oil and garlic.

It’s so freakin delicious….thank me later. 😘

07/05/2026

My very first restaurant was a raw vegan spot in Atlanta called Everlasting Life. This was back in 2000.

I actually learned how to prepare raw food before I learned how to prepare cooked food. I learned about the healing benefits of raw food. Nothing is heated over 115° so when you eat raw, your body gets all the nutrients and minerals from the ingredients.

I’ve been getting back to my roots with my raw recipes and am excited to share them with you. Let me know your thoughts on this veggie wrap. 🌱

06/30/2026

Simply Pure has carried my work since 2013 - now it’s time for its own glow up.

Welcome to The Glow Up with Chef Stacey Dougan.
Still me, still cooking - now stepping into something more.

This page is about using food and plants as medicine, perimenopause and midlife, motherhood, building a business, faith, movement, and the practices that keep me grounded and glowing.

If it’s about healing and taking your health into your own hands, we’re talking about it here.

This is about empowerment. It’s bigger than a page - it’s a movement. Come glow up with me.

If you know someone who needs this, share this post and let’s grow this community together. 💛