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 herbal remedies 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 with sourdough now for over five years, and I have no plans to go back to modern instant yeast. It’s not only easier to work with and much more forgiving, it’s the traditional way bread has been baked for thousands of years. Sourdough bread is so much tastier and it is...
You probably already know that our bodies are subjected to a never-ending array of toxic soup given our modern environments. Even if we do our best to avoid chemicals, it’s impossible to completely eliminate toxins from our lives, especially thanks to modern agricultural and manufacturing practices, as well as EMF exposure. The repeated onslaught to...
You may have noticed that I’ve been absent for about … the last … eh, 8 months or so. Man, it’s crazy how time flies! This is the longest blogging sabbatical I’ve ever taken, and it wasn’t even intentional. I’ll share a quick update and then leave you with one of my family’s go-to crockpot...
My youngest son recently had to take a quick round of Doxycycline as a prophylactic for a tiny deer tick. Although we swear by our DIY Essential Bug Spray as a preventative measure, it can take us a few weeks to get in the habit of spraying every time before we go outside. It happens...
Mushrooms are one of those vegetables that people either love or hate. In fact, I remember an IG/FB post from last summer in which I asked about proclivity toward mushrooms. Answers were extremely divided! I happen to be in the love ’em camp, but I know not everyone feels the same. I’d like to make...
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I have read all about sourdough, don’t see where the recipe for the stater is.
Hi Margaret! If you check the post I emailed, you’ll see that I started with a dehydrated starter from Cultures for Health. There is a link in the post to the product I purchased – they give instructions to get started. Hope that helps!