Birth, Wedding, Portrait, Baby Photographer- Pure Captures Photography

If you know what this is (or even if you don’t):

Beans & Rice, Fried beef, fried plantains, and pickliz, with sweet potato pie for dessert.  (Wish I’d had some whipped cream for it!)

Then come Sunday, May 19th at 12pm to the Haiti benefit luncheon.  All proceeds go to the Hope for a Village trip to buy medical supplies for the clinic in Cote-de-fer!

There will be drawings for prizes, live music, and of course delicious Haitian food, cooked by the lovely Missy Onoh & company.  (And apparently I am making this pie!)  I will update details here, or check out their Facebook page: Hope for a Village on Facebook

Fried Plantains Recipe

2 yellow plantains, ripe (should be a little soft)
Coconut oil or beef tallow
2 Tablespoons salt, plus more for sprinkling (Recommended: Redmon’s Real Salt or sea salt)
water

1. Cut off the ends and peel the plantains.  Slice them into diagonals, about 1/4″ thick.
2. Fill a bowl with water & stir in 2 Tablespoons salt until dissolved.
3. Add the slices of plantain & let sit overnight or a few hours to soak up the salt.  (It’s ok to skip this step if you are short on time.)
4. Heat up a cast iron pan with coconut oil or beef tallow.  Meanwhile, drain the water & pat the plantains dry.
5. When the oil is melted and a little drop of water sizzles when you flick it in the pan (careful!), the oil is ready for frying.  Place the plantains in the pan & fry until golden.  Flip, then press the plantains down so they squish out a little on the sides.  Fry that side until golden, then remove to a plate and sprinkle with salt.
6. Repeat with remaining plantain slices.
7. Serve while warm with a little pickliz or dipped in beans & rice.

Just wanted to let the wondering minds know that I am temporarily deactivating my Facebook account at the end of this week – and all the distractions that come with it during the months leading up to my Haiti trip. (Read more about it & DONATE or PURCHASE a limited number of portrait packages here!)

This is so I can focus on God, my family’s needs, and to prepare spiritually for the trip. Matt is an admin of the Pure Captures Photography’s Facebook page so I might log on to his account and post when there are new updates on this blog about the trip, but I feel like God doesn’t want me to rely on social media for this fundraising effort. Yep, it’s totally opposite of what all those business blogs out there tend to say about using social media to further your cause, but this is what God wants me to do for a season, so I’m going to do it! The most detailed updates will be here on this blog, so check back. And I will be using good “old-fashioned” emails, phone calls, and face-to-face time to let people know what’s going on.