This tip may bug some parents.

In a new essay for Insider, food writer Tiffany Leigh revealed that she feeds her 18-month-old daughter crickets as a source of protein — claiming it saves her hundreds of dollars on grocery bills.

The Toronto mom started to supplement her daughter’s more costly protein diet of beef, chicken and pork with whole roasted crickets, cricket protein powder and Cheeto-like cricket puff snacks.

She said she’s been able to cut down her grocery bill of $250 to $300 a week to between $150 and $200.

The Post reached out to Leigh for comment.

Crickets do contain quite a bit of protein, according to Heathline, which reports edible crickets can even have a higher protein count than goat, chicken and pork.

The outlet also noted that cricket protein powder contains 65.5% protein.

In the essay, Leigh wrote that a “mere 2 tablespoons of cricket powder provides 100% of the daily protein needs of a baby, which for my 20 pound baby is nine to 14 grams a day, or 11 grams on average.”

Leigh explained that she has always been open to trying new things and doesn’t discriminate when it comes to bugs. She claims she’s eaten fried tarantula legs, ants, crickets and even scorpion on a stick.

She wrote that when she traveled to places like Vietnam and Thailand, she admired how insects were added into classic dishes — and decided to do the same for her own child in a three-week experiment.

She recalls beginning this journey by giving her daughter the Cheeto-like puffs, which are made by a brand called Actually Foods. She reports her daughter loved them.

Next, she decided to feed her daughter a whole roasted cricket, which she immediately spit out, shaking her head “No.”

Leigh claims that when she blended up the crickets and put them into a pancake mix, her daughter didn’t seem to notice and even motioned for more.

“I ate some and could understand why — you couldn’t tell that crickets were in these fluffy cakes,” Leigh wrote. “The only difference was that they had a slightly nutty finish.”

At dinnertime, she put the cricket protein powder into a macaroni and cheese mixture, which was also a huge hit.

Insects may also be a great source of vitamins and minerals, such as iron, zinc and calcium, according to Everyday Health.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/25/i-feed...aves-hundreds/

The Mother also fed her daughter cheese puffs that had crickets in them

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Don't forget to have your 18 month old wash her cricket cakes down with some cockroach milk.

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Apparently coaxing kids to eat more fruits, vegetables, and get more exercise is much too challenging, just tell them to eat bugs instead.

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