Plantains come in three colors: the least ripe are green, the more ripe ones are yellow, and eventually, they turn black.

Also, unlike bananas, plantains aren't considered fully ripe until they're mostly black with just a touch of yellow remaining. At this point, the flesh is sweet and won't have too much give when ...

Bananas make a healthy snack by themselves, and can be incorporated into all sort of other dishes — perhaps most famously, ...

If you see a plantain in your kitchen ... when it’s green (almost ripe,) when it is yellow (ripe,) or when it is black (overripe.) Boiled, fried, or steamed, we love a nourishing and versatile ...