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 teaching fine arts to my favorite upper school students at our incredible classical Christian school, 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 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 love baking while snow piles up outside. And it’s even more fun this time with my sourdough starter! Over the last few months, I’ve actually been able to replace almost all of our bread products with yummy homemade sourdough recipes. We are almost store-bought free, save a few products that I haven’t had time...
I’ve been sourdough baking for about 3 months now. I love it. Yes, it does require a little effort. But we aren’t eating store-bought bread anymore and are slowly switching most of our crunchy snacking over to these babies. Everyone loves them so much that I sometimes bake them daily to keep up! Of all...
I ordered a new sourdough starter a few weeks back. I tried maintaining one right before we brought Dumpling home, but I found I couldn’t keep up with it and the children weren’t the biggest fans of the bread that came from it. I’m hoping they have more mature palates now, and are ready for...
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