How to Make No Fail Homemade Mayonnaise in Under Five Minutes

If you are trying to make healthier kitchen swaps because you are tired of the unnecessary ingredients in all of our food, then mayonnaise is an easy swap to make. Mayonnaise is super simple to make at home, with ingredients that you most likely have on hand and it takes less than five minutes to make. Trust me, once you start making your own, you won’t go back to store bought mayonnaise again!

We like to keep mayonnaise on hand, especially in the summer months for deviled eggs, potato salad, chicken salad and more. Mayo is so simple and quick to make at home, it’s a no brainer for me to just whip up a fresh jar when I need it and not be questioning all of the ingredients in the store bought version. Most store bought versions have seed oils, added sugar and of course preservatives. Yuck! Our bodies cannot tolerate all of these harmful ingredients all of the time. So I have vowed to trade convenience for quality with our food!

So the next time you have a recipe that calls for some mayonnaise, give this recipe a try, I promise you won’t be disappointed!

Ingredients

• 1 egg. I use farm fresh eggs. This will make your mayonnaise on the yellower side than a more white like the store bought versions. The richness in the farm egg over the pasteurized egg does this.
• 1 cup of olive or avocado oil. I typically have olive on hand but both work great. Definitely stay away from vegetable and canola oil as those are seed oils and very bad for you.
• 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice. Fresh squeezed is best.
• 1 teaspoon of vinegar. You can use white or apple cider.
• 1/4 tsp of sea salt or REAL salt. Table salt is not good for us either.
• 1/4 tsp of mustard powder or you can use dijon mustard.

Supplies Needed

It doesn’t take much to make homemade mayonnaise, but an immersion blender is super helpful. You could make it with a whisk but I have only ever made it with the immersion blender. I also like pint size wide mouth jars with lids to mix and store it in. Of course you will need measuring spoons and measuring cups too. These small spatulas are great for scraping the jar and making sure everything is mixed in the jar.

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How to Make the Mayonnaise

1. First, add all of your ingredients to a wide mouth jar or bowl. I like you use a wide mouth pint sized mason jar. This allows me to be able to mix up my mayonnaise and then store it in the same container. Less dishes 😉
2. Next, you are going to take your immersion blender and cover the egg and start blending for about 10-15 seconds until your ingredients start to emulsify.
3. Once your ingredients start to emulsify, move your immersion blender up and down throughout the jar blending everything until all ingredients are well incorporated.
4. Store your mayonnaise in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator.

Mix It Up

Once you give the basic recipe a try, if you like flavored mayonnaise, don’t be afraid to try adding a few ingredients to this recipe. Some examples would be herb, curry, chipotle, spicy, scallion-lime, and garlic. If you are brave and try any of these add ins, let me know how you liked it. I definitely want to try some, especially this summer for street tacos or fish tacos.