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Close-up of Mexican salad with insects

You'll need:

  • ‍2 cans boiled beans.
  • ‍1 can fresh corn
  • ‍150g. green beans
  • ‍1 red bell pepper
  • ‍250g cherry tomatoes
  • ‍150g of the salad of the season
  • ‍½ dl (1/5 cup) jalapenos. If you like it hot
  • 1 jar of Insnack333 – Taste of Mexico

A Quick and Easy Insect-Salad recipe — Crickster's Mexican salad with Mealworms (VIDEO)


15
min

4
servings

Learn how to make a tasty summer salad with mealworms within minutes. BONUS: Learn how to pickle red onions in under 10 minutes.

Directions:

 
5 easy steps:
  1. Pour the beans and the corn in a strainer and clean them with cold running water until the water is clear.
  2. Clean the salad, bell pepper and cherry tomatoes. Chop the salad fine. Slice the haricot verts into 2 cm pieces and the red bell pepper into squares. Half the tomatoes and the lime. Mix all the ingredients except the lime in a bowl. Squeeze the lime juice on top of the salad and add homemade pickled onions (see the recipe below).
  3. If you like it hot, add the jalanpenos as well.
  4. Top the salad with Roasted mealworms
  5. Acabado! Enjoy your wholesome meal or invite friends and family over for an experience they won’t soon forget.

About the recipe

In the salad, you will find an intriguing combination of colors from the red kidney beans mixed with the red tomatoes and bell peppers together with an ocean of other colors from the yellow corn, the purple crunchy radicchio, the green beans and jalapenos. This wonderful dish is topped with Cricksters’ crunchy, tasteful and nutritious Insnack (The Taste of Mexico). Bon appetit!

Here at Crickster, we love the Mexican cuisine. Unique flavors and experiences through a splendid mix of spices, hot chilies, sour limes, and other crunchy and fresh ingredients make our mouths watery... 

That’s why we believe you should have a chance to have your own bite of Mexico with Crickster’s Mexican salad recipe.

Homemade pickled onions for mexican salad

Homemade pickled onions


15
min

4
servings

Make your own pickled onions free from additives and preservatives

You'll need:

  • ‍tbsp. sugar
  • 5 tbsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. peppercorn
  • 1 tsp. insect flour (cricket, mealworm or buffalo larvae)
  • 250 ml (1 cup) white vinegar
  • 3 big red onion
  • 1 garlic clove

Directions:

  1. Add sugar, salt and peppercorn into a small pit. Add vinegar and stir until sugar and salt are dissolved.
  2. Put the mixture to a boil under a lid with middle-high heat.
  3. Peel the red onions and cut the onions into thin slices.
  4. Peel the garlic clove and crush it with a knife. Put the red onions and garlic in a heat resistant bowl.
  5. When the vinegar mixture is boiling, pour it over the onions and make sure all the onions are covered. Let it cool down at room temperature.
    *PRO TIP: If you want the onions to loose spiciness, you can boil them with the mixture for 3-4 mins
  6. When it’s cool use it for your delicious Mexican salad or keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks!

About the recipe

Pickled onions are a delicious addition to many dishes, and they can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 weeks... Enjoy!

Featured products from the recipe

Spicy roasted mealworms with organic spice blend- Insnack333 Taste of Mexico by Crickster at eatCrickster.com

Mealworm Snack — Tex Mex

Key benefits:
  • ALL NATURAL & NON-GMO! No hormones, no preservatives, no artificial ingredients, no antibiotics, no gluten, no wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no soy, no yeast.
  • PERFECT PROTEIN SNACK- 43% of protein with all essential amino acids
  • OMEGA 3! One jar contains 103% of recommended daily intake
  • RICH IN VITAMINS, MINERALS AND FIBERS! A great source of iron, calcium, B12, B5 and fiber
  • CRICKSTER'S BEST SELLER: Insnack333 Taste of Mexico is our customers all-time-favorite snack!

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