Summer and warm weather is holding on this week as we move into October, the month usually reserved for crisp air and squash. So grilling food while it’s still warm[
While not nearly as sweet as bananas, plantains do have a sweet flavor. In this soup we keep that sweetness at bay by using firm plantains with green skins rather than riper brown-skinned ones--the sugars will have not yet developed, so the fruit will add starchy body to the soup without too much sweetness.