Journey to the best cookie ever for Easter 

        As the festival of April, Easter is a traditional holiday often celebrated by countless people around the world. Ella and I came up with the idea of making cookies for easter. Now, instead of making just a normal cookie, Ella came up with the idea of creating a more healthy and nutritious one by substituting sugar for mealworm powder. Through research, we concluded that mealworm powder also helps the environment in the long run, specifically, climate change. Products that are produced from insects have fewer greenhouse gas emissions and also relatively little ammonia. Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia are major factors of climate change; hence, the bottom line is, that using insect-based food is substantially better in many aspects including health and the environment. 

        The general idea of eating bugs, for instance, mealworms, can be devastating. Even Ella and I were honestly scared. Because we were so scared, we initially decided to add a little bit of powder and a little bit of sugar creating a balanced ratio. However, on the day of our recording, something in our minds gave us a signal that this wasn’t right. If we are making cookies for the environment and setting an example for a group of members to change daily habits, we couldn’t cheat. So instead of balancing the ratio, we substituted mealworm powder with sugar. Our initial thought prior to the baking stage was that the cookie will not be sweet and therefore, a horrible decision. Although the path to the final product of making well-designed easter egg cookies with lovely homemade icing was challenging, the final product was a legitimate cookie that contained sweetness. 

        As an individual who has never baked a cookie before, my praise goes to Ella for being such an amazing teacher. Even though I am very terrible at cooking, I successfully made the mealworm cookie by going step by step. Next Easter, you should join us in the journey of making tasty, nutritious, and environmentally friendly food. 

Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbvZWhyDydw

Video Creator: Ella Hong

Writer: Sungjoon Choo