We love eating bugs [and you should too]

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EATS THE MUFFIN. It's delicious. #youknowyourejealous #youshouldtryit #protein

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I made cricket banana bread muffins! I used the cricket meal that we baked the other day and replaced a 1/4 cup of the 1.5 cups of flour the recipe called for. Turned out delicious! 4 over ripe bananas 3/4 cup white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 3/4 cup melted butter 1 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt 1 1/4 cups flour 1/4 cup cricket meal Spices to taste -cinnamon nutmeg cloves (and I usually also add a dash of cayenne pepper, just for a little zing) Mix it all together adding the baking soda, flour, cricket meal, and salt last. Bake for ~20 minutes at 350°. #innovativeeats #cricketflour #bigcricketfarms #cricketfarming #ieatbugs #ieatbugs #cleaneating

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Doing some filing and Wanda is helping. Cats are awesome helpers. #catinabox #gettingorganized

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Look how happy these little guys are! Citrus basil crickets! #soexcited #happybugs #yummybugs

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Citrus basil for the crickets! It smells delicious! From our wonderful friends at #ironrootsfarm and #YNDC in #Youngstown We're super excited to have another batch of specialty crickets going! #hintofbasil

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We made cricket fried rice! We mixed it in, but here it is on top. #innovativeeats #cleaneating #ieatbugs #eatbugs

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Meeting with our friends at #OakHillCollaborate. A really great nonprofit in #Youngstown committed to helping the community and revitalizing the #OakHill neighborhood. #revitalize #communitydevelopment #urbandevelopment #incubator

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Feeding the bugs! Certified organic feed for extra deliciousness. #bigcricketfarms #cricketfarming #organic #alternativeprotein

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Fall is upon us in #Youngstown. The weather is beautiful this week, though, as we prep for lower temperatures in the upcoming weeks.

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Cricket poopy egg flats. Absolutely fantastic for compost or as seedling starters. #compost #cricketfarming #urbanagriculture #urbangardening #gardening

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This evening we experimented with making powdered cricket meal! Baked a pound of raw crickets at 350 F° for 35 min on a jelly roll pan - stirring it up every ten minutes so it didn't burn. We had to grind it in a coffee grinder because it was too fluffy for the food processor. Haven't weighed it again yet, but we got 1.5 cups out of 1 pound. Which will work great for adding to the banana bread I'm making. It can't be used as straight flour, but as a protein additive, it's really great! That's 96 grams of protein baked down into a cup and a half. :D #cricketflour #protein #fitness #healthyeats #proteinpowder #paleodiet #cleaneating

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A rare outing to the Cleveland Museum of art for the International Dance Festival. It is important to get away every once in awhile. #startuplife #startedfromthebottom #artislife

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Taking a break: Cody on his iPad as per usual. #cricketfarmerlife #bigcricketfarms #sundayinyoungstown

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From the dinner- So handsome! @lecordonbleu @beardfoundation #jbftasteamerica @chefaz #bigcricketfarms @revkevinbachhuber

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This is where our founder Kevin and our crickets were last night! The @lecordonbleu #jbftasteamerica dinner! We are so proud and so excited to be working with such amazing people! #jamesbeardfoundation @beardfoundation #innovativeeats @chefaz

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There it is! @jlrukov 's cricket and pumpkin pasta with Parmasan cheese. Delicious! #ieatbugs #innovativeeats

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You know what these are? Basil fed crickets! And they turned out amazing!! These little guys got bolted basil from #ironrootsfarm #yndc in #Youngstown. We're turning them into some cricket and pumpkin pasta! #ieatbugs