Plantains are used in all their glory in the Caribbean--it is a member of the banana family and are not edible until they are cooked. We are always looking for new ways to use it --here is my take on it

Grew up eating these here in Florida. Lots of places to get these from. The ones you get in restaurants don't have butter. Plantains are like bananas in looks. The plantains are much bigger, less sweet, and a bit firmer.

Until I found this recipe on the internet last spring, I didn't know about plantains. After some experimenting, I came up with this recipe. I like to eat them for breakfast with a big mug of hot coffee :) I highly recommend using yellow plantains, they are far easier to peel than green ones and they make the muffins more moist :)

“Kaipola”is basically a sweet thick egg cake which is filled with sweet plantains. Plantains are large bananas that are very popular in Kerala(southern India). Ripe plantains are eaten as it is, steamed, filled with coconut, etc., in fact cooked in so many varieties of snacks. Kaipola is just one of them – “kai” means plantain and “pola” means cake. This is a gluten free , flour free recipe , which is super easy to make !

Payasam is one of the most important dishes which malayalees enjoy during festivals,and special occasions like birthdays... etc. Last week I tried a new recipe with ada and ripe plantains .It was really yummy and was highly demanding..

I had some ripened plantains and I thought about making pancakes with them. I did a little research and saw that someone already had. But they said to stay away from ripened plantains... I found out that they were just trying to keep the good stuff to themselves. These pancakes aren’t as sweet as they would be with banana. But honestly, they’re sweet enough. You can even eat them with whipped cream cheese and smoked salmon.. use your imagination.

Well I have no background on this except that I love trying different things and plantains are loaded with great vitamins and minerals. I started eating more as I was iron deficient and plantains helped a lot 😜

Secret family recipe from a Mexican friend. The coffee powder is definitely the highlight of the recipe. Plantains add so much flavor to the bread after baking. If you don’t have any at home, substitute them with bananas.

I served mine with boiled green plantains drizzled with a little olive oil...and some aguacate...lol

A Lebanese stew: Green beans and beef cubes are cooked in tomato sauce. Serve with vermicelli rice.

Just substitute beans with green unripe plantain and your good to go. And believe me u wdnt knw ure not eating the normal moimoi the taste is just the same or even better

I had a few over riped plantains and didn't know what to do with them -- I decided to experiment and came up with this!!