Roasted mealworms smell like roasted peanuts and are crispy like nuts. In fact, baked mealworms are a great substitute for nuts.
1 cup lively mealworms (obtain at the local pet store or biology lab)
1 cookie sheet
1 freezer
1 oven (preheated about 350 degrees F)
1 blender or sharp knife
Freeze the little critters. Spread them on a cookie sheet. Cool. Chop coarsely (as you would for nuts). I like to chop very coarsely so that people can still see the mealworm parts.
From the Recipe Box of Mary Liz Jameson
CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. (2011, April 04). Roasted mealworms. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved January 11, 2025 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms
CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. "Roasted mealworms". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 April, 2011. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms
CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. "Roasted mealworms". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 Apr 2011. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 11 Jan 2025. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms
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