Sweet´n´Sour Mealie!

This recipe originating from Malay-Chinese cuisine was sent in by Mei Lee, thank you!

Throwing a party and no clue what to serve up? This is the perfect one for casual hangouts or dinner parties with a little spark. This fun recipe will surely excite your friends and family. Maybe a good occasion to raise awareness on the benefits of the Hive and insect farming in general? 

Recipe serving 4 people (consumed as a snack)

Ingredients:

150 g of frozen mealworms 

1 teaspoon corn flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

Sauce:

5 cloves of garlic (chopped finely)

5 cloves of garlic

2 tablespoon oil

2 tablespoons vinegar

2 tablespoons tomato sauce

2 tablespoons sugar

green pepper, red pepper, pineapple

zucchinis and tomatoes finely chopped (as preferred)

Preparation

1.    Marinade mealworms with marinating ingredients and leave in fridge for 30 mins.

2.    After taking out from fridge, coat mealworms generously with cornflour until fully coated.

3.    Heat some oil in frying pan and deep fry the mealworms until the coating is light brown. Set aside.

4.    For the sauce, fry the chopped garlic until aromatic, then add in the chopped peppers/zucchini/pineapple/tomato.

5.    Then add the sugar, vinegar and tomato sauce. Stir and mix well.

6.    Add in salt and sugar according to taste.

7.    Add in the deep fried mealworms and coat evenly with the sauce.

8.    Now, your sweet & sour mealies dish is ready for serving

Millet-corn bread with 1500 mealworms protein boost!

This recipe was developed and kindly sent in by Silke Runggaldier, thank you!

Protein breads are popular these days in Europe and the USA with wheat- or rye-based breads enhanced with superfood seeds or nuts to increase the protein content and with it reduce carbs and a sugar-low that comes after eating it. MicroFoods™ offer the same nutty flavors and even higher protein content than nuts and aren´t problematic for the many people suffering from nut allergies (careful with shellfish allergies though! Refer to disclaimer in the footer). 

The result is a nice crust on the outside and fluffy on the inside

Goes really well with curry hummus, avocado and your summery veggies!

Recipe for a loaf pan (about 15 slices) 

Ingredients: 
20 g chia seeds
20 g psyllium seed husks
750 mL water
1 package active dry yeast (7 g) 
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp salt
50 g dried mealworms, ground
175 g instant polenta cornmeal
175 g brown millet, ground
40 g millet flakes
75 g corn starch

Preparation: 
Do not preheat the oven. 
Put the chia seeds and psyllium seed husks in a big bowl with the water and let soak for 20 minutes. Add the other ingredients and blend with a hand mixer until combined. 
It isn’t necessary to let rise the dough. 
Line a loaf pan with baking paper and fill with the dough. 
Bake at 175 °C (upper and lower heat) for about 60 minutes.

Nutritional values per slice: 132 kcal; 22 g carbohydrates, 2 g fat, 4 g protein 

Attention! If you are allergic to shellfish, you might be allergic to insects too.

Make your very own fresh MicroFoods™ Gnocchi !

This recipe and text was developed and kindly sent to us by Silke Runggaldier, thank you!

Who doesn´t enjoy fresh meals with friends on chilled summer evenings? The following recipe is healthy, easy and fast in the preparation, affordable and of course tasty. It goes really well with a glass of Aperol Sprizz too: Gnocchi with red pepper-tomato sauce.

This delicious warm starter is a perfect source of protein (13 g per serving) and fibre (10g per serving). Proteins are the building blocks of our bodies, fibre helps you digest your food better, especially carbohydrates.

The heart of the dish is of course MicroFoods™ (mealworms) no other animal-derived ingredients are present in the recipe. The protein in the mealworms and the contained essential amino acids in combination with the vegetable proteins is the best choice for our body. The dish is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega 3, 6 and 9) with great health benefits, especially for the brain and blood vessels.

A special hint: the uncooked gnocchi as well as the prepared sauce can be frozen, so no stress about making it the same day. Just unfreeze, boil and enjoy!

Just the right amount of "fill-me-up": hearty but fresh and healthy Gnocchi

Gnocchi with red pepper-tomato sauce

Recipe for 4 persons Ingredients:

Gnocchi

700 g floury potatoes 

70 g flour 

40 g dried mealworms, ground 

25 g cornstarch 

10 g psyllium seed husks 

1 tbsp olive oil 

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder 

¼ tbsp grated muscat nut salt freshly ground pepper

Sauce

1 tbsp olive oil 

1/2 onion, finely chopped 

1 clove of garlic, crushed 

1 red bell pepper, chopped into cubes 

2 tomatoes, finely chopped 

300 g tomato purée fresh or dried oregano and basil salt freshly ground pepper

Preparation:

Simmer the unpeeled potatoes until they are completely tender and easily pierced with a forket. Meanwhile the potatoes are boiling, prepare the sauce. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion and garlic and cook stirring often. Add the pepper and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce the heat and add the tomato purée and the chopped tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper, basil and oregano and simmer for 20 minutes.

Drain the potatoes, let them cool just enough that you can handle them and then peel them. Press the potatoes through a press and let cool until almost at room temperature. Lightly flour a work surface. In a bowl, mix with the hands all the ingredients until the dough starts to clump together. Transfer the mass to the floured surface and form strands with 1 cm diameter.

Cut into pieces about 2 cm long and sprinkle them with a little more flour. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in the gnocchi and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until the gnocchi have risen to the top. Drain and serve with the sauce. Enjoy!

Nutritional values per serving: 390 kcal; 64 g carbohydrates, 10 g fat, 13 g protein, 10 g fibre

Revamping the Food Supply Chain – Empowering One Farmer at a Time

Livin Farms - The Human-Centric Insect Company

Our vision

"Empowering humans to co-create lives that are healthy for the people and sustainable for the planet"

Our mission

"We make available the tools (incubator and separation technology) and infrastructure to grow, harvest and market insects as an ingredient for sustainable food applications and high-value fertilizer."

As we dispatch into hundreds of households in 38+ countries, we are grateful to empower such a strong and creative community who supported this movement. At Livin Farms, empowering others are our core belief

We are empowering people to

1. Make a conscious decision into their food supply chain
2. Maximize their resources (circular economy)
   • introduce food waste to mealworms to upcycle into high-quality food
   • utilize the mealworms’ waste as high-value fertilizers

Our focus is the people and the community since they are the ones who will be able to make a change in their home, their community, their country, and eventually their world. This is the beginning to many visionaries of taking a proactive role into their food supply chain.

New farmer said, “Your relationship with food really changes…[the Hive] starts to make you make healthier decisions.”

Are you ready to join the movement and start farming?

Buy the first farm for edible insects and some roasted mealworms