Hey Friends, in an effort to streamline my life, I am making some hard decisions. One of those is to close The Savvy Savor Collective community. I have recently started a new publication on Substack and am focusing my energies there moving forward. There I'm sharing more of my faith and the journey to simplify life and obedience. I will still have the Youtube channel to support my posts, so if you are interested and in the 'neighborhood', I'd love to have you drop by The Savvy Savor or https://www.youtube.com/@TheSavvySavor Thank you for the support you've shown me here. I wish you all the best and especially those of you who are community owners as well. I'll still be visiting, I just definitely won't be 🔥here. Blessings! Hope

I shared on Substack yesterday about my digest and frustration with Big Food and fake rennet that is used to make most of our cheeses found in U.S. markets today. I have started digging into making cheese at home. So far, I've found simple recipes for cream cheese and chèvre, both of which I am very eager to try. Does any else make their own cheese? or want to learn?

Time to get back in the kitchen and today we are welcoming another chef to the The Savvy Savor Collective's kitchen. Welcome to @Oliver Wing who also has a community on Skool called Cooking with Ollie. @Oliver Wing , you have the mic. Tell us more!

Hey, so I've been a little quiet and doing some much needed reflection on where I hope to go in 2026. I hope you've done the same and are feeling energized for the first full week of the year. I have started the recipe dupes and will hopefully get the first edited and posted by tomorrow. I started with Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup and then breadsticks (completely addictive). Until then, I am sharing my latest post on Substack which covers what I'm doing instead of a New Year's resolution. https://substack.com/@hopedstephens/note/c-195211462?r=6vj7pm&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

Eating out, fast food and junk food for many of us are a huge blow to the checkbook. So, for the month of January I am planning to focus the whole month on dupe recipes of our favorite restaurants and healthy at home versions of some favorite snack foods. What are some restaurant favs that are a temptations for you?