More on eating well! During pregnancy (and lactation and preconception) you need to be eating a really nutrient-dense diet. Children also need lots of nutrition packed into all their meals – in fact, there’s not much room for empty calories.
So even if you’re not dieting (don’t diet when you’re pregnant or nursing an infant!) low-carb can help you make sure you aren’t filling up on carbs that aren’t nourishing you – or your kids.
Enter my Real Food Wednesday snack today: Braised Marrow on Raw Milk Cheese.
Marrow is a very nutrient dense food that is happily regaining popularity stateside. In the UK it’s often eaten just spread on toast. I decided to braise ours for a little more flavor.
It turned out well – yum!
You need:
- Bone Marrow (I used thin cut slices of beef marrow because these are a good size for the kids; they’re cut about the size of scallops. You could also use 3-inch pieces of marrow and serve the cheese on the side)
- Salted Water (optional)
- Coconut flour
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Braising fat (I used tallow, I think next time I’ll use coconut oil, or a coconut oil/butter mix)
- Raw milk cheese, sliced (about 1oz slices are perfect for pregnancy, slightly thinner for kids)
1. Pop marrow out of bones. Reserve bones for stock-making!
2. Soak the marrow in salt water to draw out most of the blood, if so desired. I skipped this step but you may want to.
3. Dry marrow well. Mix flour, salt, and pepper. A few tablespoons of flour will be good unless you’re doing a lot. Roll marrow segments until completely coated.
4. Heat your fat. I did mine on medium and next time I will probably do just below medium heat. Braise marrow segments until coating is crispy and lightly browned.
5. Place one marrow segment on each cheese slice. Spread if desired – my kids wanted theirs spread. I just ate mine as braised 
This snack was a hit with the kiddos, which is good since it’s very good for them!
Mine came out a little more browned than I would have liked but they were still tasty. This recipe could also be done without the breading, or with the marrow dipped in a little buttermilk and then breaded lightly. It’s very nice to bite into the soft warm marrow and the taste goes along well with the tangy raw milk cheese! I served up milk with our snack as well.
A good variation that is not low-carb is to serve on a lightly toasted soaked grain bread. A strong flavored sourdough or rye would be best!
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A parting picture of Galen (10 weeks now!), who made this post possible by snoozing through the entire process 
6 Comments
Hey! Where’s mine? That looks yummy!
This is SO nutritious! But I don’t have a clue where to buy marrow, or how it comes? I wonder if our local farm would have it?
I want to reach right into that picture to give your baby a snuggle!!
Thanks for joining in on Real Food Wednesdays!
Kelly
Fantastic post! I love the way you feed your kids!
This makes me think of fried cheese or a chicken nugget — only much healthier!
How do you pop the marrow out? I always roast my marrow bones and then scoop out the marrow and serve on toast.
I guess I also keep my bones frozen — so that wouldn’t work unless I defrosted them.
Galen is UNBELIEVABLY cute. Love that he’s sleeping on a cloth dipe!
Kelly: I would ask your farmer or butcher for marrow bones. They’re often frozen. Normally you can buy them in 3-inch or so segments; I got mine sliced thinner because it’s a convenient size for snacks and it’s easier to pop out the marrow!
Ann Marie: hmm you mentioning fried cheese got me thinking – I wonder if I could fry the cheese just soft enough to wrap around the marrow… I bet that would make a delicious melt-y treat!
To pop marrow out of longer bones I usually soak them in just warm water. Sometimes you can push it out of the longer bones without soaking (I use a little grapefruit scooping contraption I have lying around to push it gently lol). But if not soaking it a little and gently pushing it out usually works. Then put it in the fridge to firm it back up. I had one recently that wouldn’t pop out and I just ended up with a pile of marrow suitable for spreading
My kids will crack their chicken drumstick bones and suck that marrow out so it’s a popular food here
And thanks gals for the compliments on Galen – I’m pretty partial to him myself!
Amazing – I would never have thought about that combo.
Bone marrow was my favourite when I was a kid.
Look at those little cheeks!! Galen is such a little doll!! OMG I could just squeeze him! (I know that this post is about food but that and my stomach are still not getting along so I am focusing on the other soul food in the blog… your kiddos
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