Some pets (like tortoises) enjoy a vegetarian diet of fresh fruits and vegetables, while others
prefer mealworms, crickets, and dubia roaches.
Not exact matches
As for recommendations, Oonincx says that
mealworms are great in a quiche, but he
prefers house crickets: «The structure and flavor are best.»
You can give your hamsters live
mealworms too but I
prefer using the dried ones instead because they might pouch the live
mealworms and get bitten (yes,
mealworms bite!)