Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ripe black and yellow plantain - Anamejia18/Getty Images Overripe bananas have darkened the doorstep of many an innocent breakfast ...

First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll need to buy ...

Plantains generally cause a stable rise in blood sugar due to their fiber and resistant starch. However, their ripeness and how they’re cooked can change that.

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I will show you how to eat plantains. This easy baked plantain recipe is one way ...

Plantain (Gonja), is a member of the banana family. Although it looks similar to bananas, it is different in flavour. Bananas are smaller and much sweeter, while plantains have a starchy consistency ...

Ever had sweet plantains, platanos, banana peze, or plantain chips? This sometimes sweet, yet often savory food can be found in a variety of common dishes or as a snack. But many are unfamiliar with ...

When bananas go from lightly mottled to brown all over, it’s time to either throw them away or make a loaf of banana bread. Not so with plantains, their starchy counterpart: When they go all dark, ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would help to heal the skin faster. This practice has been a common way to aid ...