What you see: A very black or dark banana. What it is: Just a very, very ripe banana. Eat or toss? Eat! Super dark bananas are great for baking breads or
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Use up parsley as a delicious salad base
I used to think that parsley’s flavor was so intense that it could only be used in small quantities. Recipes always seem to use it sparingly, so I never
Should you eat a hard-boiled egg with a greenish yolk?
What you see: An unappetizing sewage green hue to your egg yolk. What it is: Just some sulfur and iron compounds. Eat or toss? Eat! It’s overcooked, but
Not eating those speciality preserves? Make them into a jam tart!
Situation #1: You have last-minute guests and want to whip up a quick dessert with what you have on hand. Situation #2: You’ve accumulated a collection of
What’s the white stuff on cooked salmon?
What you see: White stuff oozing out of your salmon as it cooks. What it is: Perfectly edible coagulated protein. Eat or toss: Eat! Is the white stuff on
What to do with scraps of leftover bread: Panzanella
Whether it’s the roll left uneaten from lunch or the end of a baguette that we just didn’t quite get to, whenever I find myself with stale bread scraps I get a
Is it safe to eat an egg that cracked during boiling?
What you see: Egg cracked during boiling, resulting in an oddly shaped egg white, and strings and clumps of egg white in the cooking water. What it is: Just
Overripe bananas make for overachieving ice cream
Ok, so not only does this recipe help use up overripe bananas, but it also may be one of the healthiest desserts ever. Seriously. Nearly everything* in this is
From crumby to yummy — A crumb sundae!
The other night I was in the mood for dessert, but the options were a bit sad. We had the crumby remains of a once lovely babka, and well, that was it. But
Are these chopped onions harboring scary secrets? (No)
What you see: Sliced onion in the fridge that reminds you of that scary, improbable thing you read on the Internet that one time. Even though it didn’t really
