Cricket Pecan Granola!

So I went to PetCo a couple days ago and bought me some mealworms and some crickets! Crickets are 9 cents a pop, which I think is pretty steep. But the mealworms were fairly reasonable in price, only 7 dollars for 1000. Talk about munchies :) Here's a recipe I concocted for the crickets!


 Cricket Pecan Granola

30 crickets, blanched, patted dry, and chopped fine
1/4 c. pecans, chopped fine
1 1/2 c. oats (I used the cinnamon apple oatmeal packets, but any oat will be yummy!)
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 c. agave nectar
3 tbsp. raw cane sugar
Pinches of nutmeg, cayenne pepper, and allspice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together until well incorporated. Transfer to a well greased sheet pan and bake in the oven for 25 minutes, or until golden brown and crunchy. Serve with coconut yogurt and fruit as a breakfast parfait, or however you eat regular granola!

Crickets are from the family Gryllidae, also known as true insects. They are related to grasshoppers, and even more closely related to katydids.There are about 900 species  of crickets. They tend to be nocturnal and are harmless to humans. The cricket's chirp is created by the stridulatory organ, a large vein running through the bottom of each wing. There are four types of cricket song. The calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud. The courting song is used when a female is near, and is a very quiet song. An aggressive song is triggered by the chemoreceptors on the antennae that detect when another male is present and a copulatory song is chirped for a brief period after a successful mating.