How to make healthy, homemade mayonnaise using just a few whole food ingredients in your blender or food processor that is tastier and healthier than anything from the store.
The topic covered in this article is how to make REAL homemade mayonnaise. No junky ingredients like soy or canola oil in this recipe (do some people STILL think canola is a healthy oil? Have they been living under a rock or something?).
Iโm certainly no pro in front of the camera and this clip could have used some serious professional editing, but perhaps the amateur nature of this video gives everyone struggling to cook traditionally in their home some hope.
Homemade Mayonnaise Beats Top Chef
REAL people are the ones making REAL food these days and it is in REAL kitchens, not factories or BRAVOโs Top Chef Show. Recent Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio might be able to cook, but he is clueless about oil nutrition. He uses canola oil to fry gnocchi (Food & Wine, April 2010).
How horrible! Michael, give me a call buddy. You need a kitchen intervention.
Big Food can keep their snazzy commercials, flashy packaging, and catchy marketing hype because thatโs all theyโve got. The foods they produce are completely worthless from a nutritional point of view.
This homemade mayonnaise is absolutely delicious, full of enzymes and nutrition. You wonโt believe how you got by for so many years on the franken-mayo from the store after tasting this!
Wondering what oils are healthy for mayo? Check out the linked article for the best alternatives to consider.
Healthy Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe
This recipe for real homemade mayonnaise is easy and fast to make so that you wonโt ever have to buy store brands again which use unhealthy oils, additives and chemicals.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1.5 Tbl lemon juice
- 1 Tbl liquid whey optional
- 1 cup avocado oil
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
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Wash eggs, preferably locally produced and free range (organic store eggs ok in a pinch but do not use regular store eggs) in warm soapy water and dry well.ย
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Crack and place raw, washed egg and egg yolk in a food processor. Add dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, and whey.ย ย
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Add dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, and whey. Close the lid and pulse a few times to mix.ย
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Stream the oil of choice into the food processor via the small holes in the lid all the while pulsing the food processor to emulsify the oil with the other ingredients.
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When all the oil has been emulsified, taste and add more lemon juice and sea salt if desired. Pulse once or twice to mix.
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Use the mayo plain or add organic onion powder to taste to make a healthy ranch dressing!
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The mayo will last about 4 days in the fridge and 2-4 weeks if raw whey is added as a probiotic preservative. The mayo becomes firmer over time in the refrigerator.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Do not use powdered whey from the store. It is a denatured food and will not extend the life of the homemade mayo like probiotic rich liquid whey will.
Prefer to Buy?
If making your own mayo still seems like a daunting task even after watching this video, know that healthy mayo is finally available for purchase. I always keep a jar in the pantry in case I am out of homemade mayo, but need some right away. ย
This brand uses the exact same ingredients as the recipe above, and it taste delicious! ย The only drawback is that it uses pasteurized eggs and not raw eggs like the homemade version.ย Check it out here.
Egg-free Option
If making mayo with eggs is a problem for you due to allergies, try this recipe for egg free mayo instead. Alternatively, you could use cultured cream which is simple to make using heavy cream and a couple of tablespoons of cultured dairy such as buttermilk or kefir.
Sarah, I wonder if you can help me! I have been making my own mayonnaise for years, but I always used ‘light’ olive oil instead of my customary extra-virgin olive oil because I found the latter’s flavour too strong in this application.
My household recently fell on rough times, so food money is scarce. I felt it wiser to buy organic, extra-virgin olive oil and just make do. I had completely forgotten the strength of the olive flavour as it comes out in mayo, and–ye gods, it almost burns my throat!
I made a lot, too, in preparation for some recipes I want to make that incorporate mayonnaise–but if it’s too strong-tasting for me, it will make my less-tolerant husband gag.
Can you recommend anything I can do to make this batch of mayonnaise more palatable? I can’t waste all that oil and lemon juice. :c
Thanks for your time.
I’m seeking clarification regarding using sunflower oil to make the mayo. In your book, GET YOUR FATS STRAIGHT, it states “โฆsunflower and safflower oils are already rancid from the factory processing. These kinds of polyunsaturated fats are not fit for human consumption.” Please advise.
Hi Sarah, why did you say that we Omega 3’s cause inflammation? Did you mean Omega 6?
Can whey from homemade yogurt (from organic pasteurized milk) be used here in place of whey from raw milk? Would it be the same as whey made from raw milk in terms of extending Mayo’s shelf life and the nutritional value of whey?
Thanks for this recipe, Sarah!
I have been making this for the past two weeks and it is a winner in our family.
No more store-bought for us!
I have been making homemade mayo for a couple of months now…. I use olive oil (NOT EXTRA VIRGIN) – the extra light olive oil, so as to avoid a strong flavor. Is this still a healthy option for oil? Also, I see the suggestion for coconut oil- how does this work when you refrigerate it since it is solid at this cold temperature?
My mayo is not thickening up. Do you have to leave it out to thicken it?
Can raw apple cider vinager be used insted of lemon juice? We are finding the lemon juice reminds of of a Hollandaise sause. Or maybe decrease the lemon juice??
thanks
carol