Roasted mealworms

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

Bibliographic details:

Article: Roasted mealworms
Author(s): Dr. Biology
Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
Date published: 4 Apr, 2011
Date accessed:
Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms

APA Style

Dr. Biology. (Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:08). Roasted mealworms. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Chicago Manual of Style

Dr. Biology. "Roasted mealworms". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 Apr 2011. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms

For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/

MLA 2017 Style

Dr. Biology. "Roasted mealworms". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 Apr 2011. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/roasted-mealworms

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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