Recipes for Your Haitian Fundraising Potluck

Although news stories about the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti are decreasing, it doesn't mean that the organizations working there don't still need your help - they do, and will continue to do so for a long time.

If you like to cook, or have friends who like to cook, why not throw a fundraising dinner party for your favorite nonprofit working in Haiti, and serve Haitian cuisine? You can either cook all of the food yourself, or ask everyone to bring a dish.

Provide information about your favorite nonprofit's work in Haiti, and collect donations from your guests. Be sure to let them know it is a fundraising party in the invitation so that they will bring their checkbooks, or you can have a computer nearby so that they can make a donation online.

I've never had Haitian cuisine before, have you? According to Wikipedia, some of the traditional dishes are Griot (Fried boar/pork), Soup Joumou (Pumpkin soup), and Tassot et Banane Pesé or Tasso et Banane Pézé (Fried Beef and Plantains).

Below are links to some Haitian recipes I found online. Please share yours in the comments:

• Where Can I Find Good Recipes for Haitian Food? on The Kitchn.
• Soup Joumou on Johnna Knows Good Food
• Vegan Soupe Joumou on Culinate
• Five Favorite Haitian Recipes on FriendsEat
• Food and Recipes of Haiti on Earthy Family
• Griot (Haitian Pork Shoulder) on Just Being Me
• Donate Food to Haiti & Haitian Sweet Potato Bread on Good. Food. Stories.