Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not homeschooling my favorite students, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use herbs and essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
I have been baking homemade pizza for years with all-purpose white flour. For the longest time, I relied on a traditional yeast bread for the crust. It worked just fine, tasted good, and was healthier than carryout. But last year, I found a new love in sourdough pizza. We preferred the taste and texture even...
We’ve had quite an abundance of eggs over the last week while on spring break. I usually sell a few dozen to families at our co-op, but the girls have been super productive and piling up our stash. Look at that beautiful collection of healthy, organic, free-ranged eggs! Yum! With the 13 girls in our...
I cannot believe that the Empowered to Connect 2018 Simulcast is so quickly approaching! We’re almost a week out! We are so excited to be hosting this amazing conference at our church this year. The two day training is a thorough overview of all of the Empowered to Connect training – the training the Dr....
We certainly are getting plenty of April showers! In fact, just about every day of our spring break has been rained out. I don’t love the days that we can’t get outside, but I do love what the rain does for all of the flowers. Lots of life sprouting up everywhere! I so enjoy watching...
I pulled out the Resurrection Eggs from the Easter bin with the plan of leading the kids through them yesterday. But as often happens when we’re hosting, the day got away from me and I just didn’t get to it. We had a great Easter celebration in our house filled with family and friends. Of...
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Hello! I have about 2 cups of einkorn sourdough discard in the fridge. I made crackers with the previous batch of discard and started this new batch of discard about a week ago or so. Can I use that for when the recipe calls for “unfed starter”?
Hey Ashleigh!
Gotcha. Thanks! 🙂
I never have any discard. I only bake once per week so I pull the started out of the fridge the night before and feed it. The next day when I’m done baking, I feed the starter of I need to bulk it up, otherwise it goes straight back into the fridge. As you said, the flour costs too much for me to waste any!
Super wise, Jana! I keep mine out on the counter probably way more than I should, but if I know I’ll be going awhile without baking, I definitely pop it into the fridge too. What is the longest amount of time you have left it in the fridge? I’ve gone maybe 2 weeks (possibly 3??), but I always pull it out to feed it when it starts to separate and look … well, kinda gray and eh. Merry Christmas!