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Unripe Bananas? Grab Your Air Fryer For A Quick Fix By Maria Scinto Aug. 13, 2025 10:00 am EST

Bananas are such a useful fruit — apart from being edible (which is true of most fruits), you can use their peels in your skincare routine , and they can even help other fruits and vegetables to ripen . (A banana or two in a brown paper bag is the secret to speed-ripening an avocado .) What if the bananas themselves are unripe, though? In that case, one way you can fix the problem is to bake them in an air fryer.

You won't need to preheat your air fryer for banana ripening, but you will need to line the basket to prevent any liquid released by the fruit from leaking out and making a mess. (Foil will work fine for this purpose if you don't have air fryer liners o

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