Last week, I challenged you to order a free sample of our Thinksect Cricket Powder and create something with it. So to put the powder where my mouth is, the fam whipped up a simple cricket-enhanced dinner to show you just how fun and easy it is to incorporate cricket powder into the kitchen.
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Incorporating cricket powder in your kitchen:
Adding it to foods
Cricket powder is a simple and versatile ingredient that’s nearly impossible to go wrong with. Since it’s mostly protein, fiber and fat it has a similar consistency to coconut flour or almond flour. For this reason, you cannot substitute cricket powder for grain-based flours at a 1:1 ratio. When baking, you generally want to substitute 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup cricket powder for 1 cup grain-based flour.
It has a subtle peanuty taste, but mostly absorbs the flavors of whatever you’re cooking it with—much like tofu or tempeh. So whether you’re baking, cooking, blending or snorting (not recommended), let loose and go wild!
A pure, single ingredient superfood!
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Caution: depending on diet, crickets may have a shellfish and peanut allergen.
Thinksect Cricket Flour crickets are fed with a high-quality multiple components blend that’s been specially developed for breeding crickets which including fish meal, rice, lacuna leaf, peanut, corn, sunflower, coconut, molasses, calcium carbonate, salt and minerals.
Free from gluten and alterations.
Without further a due, here are the two cricket powder enhanced recipes as seen in the video above:
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Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup of cricket powder
- 10 ounces of cream of chicken soup
- 3/4 cup of rice
- 1 1/3 cup of water
- 2 carrots
- 1/2 cup of frozen corn
- 1 cup of chopped green beans
- 1lb of chicken or whole crickets
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degree
- Throw everything in an 8×8 oven dish
- Layer the top with the chicken/whole crickets
- Bake for 1 hour
- Sprinkle cheese (broil to crisp the cheese)
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Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- 1/8 cup of honey
- 1 heaping tablespoon of cricket powder
Directions:
- Wisp it all together
- Glop it on your salad
- Enjoy your protein-enhanced dressing
Your turn! A future food is in your hands.
What could you do with it? Order a free sample of cricket flour and show me.
The growing potential for edible insects is exciting! When we start fusing this prehistoric food source with the latest food technologies, the options are endless.
Looks and sounds delicious and so healthy!
Absolutely! Crickets are not only packed with protein but also rich in vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats. Plus, they have a low environmental impact compared to traditional livestock. It’s a win for both your health and the planet. Thanks for courageously exploring this tasty and sustainable option with your boys, mom!
My only reservation, is whether the nutrition information is pre-processing? Are you getting all that benefit in a dehydrated product? Would imagine those numbers could only be accomplished if you ingested cricket pulp. Now i’m hungry!
Great question! The nutrition information provided for crickets is typically based on the raw, unprocessed state. However, when crickets are ground and dehydrated, the nutritional profile actually becomes more concentrated. Here’s why:
When crickets are dehydrated, the water content is removed, which reduces the overall weight. Since the nutrients like protein, fats, and minerals remain, their concentration per gram increases. This means that gram for gram, dehydrated cricket powder will have a higher percentage of these nutrients compared to the raw, unprocessed crickets. For example, the protein content in dehydrated crickets can be significantly higher than in fresh crickets because the removal of water concentrates the protein.
So yes, you’re still getting those nutritional benefits, and in fact, they’re more concentrated in the dehydrated form. Enjoy your snack!
How would I substitute cricket flour for almond flour?
When substituting cricket flour for almond flour, you should use a smaller amount of cricket flour, starting with about 1/4 to 1/3 cup for every cup of almond flour. Cricket flour is denser and higher in protein, so you may need to add extra liquid to your recipe to balance the texture. The flavor of cricket flour is more earthy and nutty, so you might need to adjust spices or sweeteners to suit your taste. Consider mixing cricket flour with other gluten-free flours to achieve a texture closer to that of almond flour, and watch your baking times, as they may be shorter.