Making homemade mayo requires only a few ingredients and takes just a couple of minutes! The difference between mayo bought in the store and mayo made at home is astounding, both the taste and the nutritional profile. It makes such a difference when you can control the quality of ingredients in your food!
Let me start by breaking down what is in that typical bottle of store-bought mayo. First, if it actually contains eggs (some don’t), they are certainly not pastured or even organic. Why does this matter? The difference is nature’s perfect food versus a toxic bomb for your body. Please indulge me while I illustrate my point.
An organic pastured egg comes from hens able to run around and forage for protein-rich bugs, eat vitamin-rich grasses and soak up real live sunshine (aka vitamin D). If their feed needs to be supplemented, it is supplemented with organic grains that have not been genetically modified nor soaked in pesticides. In short, these are happy birds.
A conventional egg comes from factory-farmed chickens who are kept in cages without sunlight (aka vitamin D). They are fed conventional grains and often soy, both of which are almost always GMO. Often the cages are stacked on top of one another and they poop all over each other. Close quarters means a lot of sickness, so they are given antibiotics to keep them “healthy”. Even “cage-free” chickens are only required to have a few feet per bird and are often not able to forage. They may not even be in the sun ever. Some cage-free farms have their birds inside on the floors of large barns.
Okay, I’m done with my tirade on eggs. Whew! If that wasn’t enough to convince you, let’s get back to the rest of the ingredients. The typical jar contains rancid vegetable oils (they don’t smell or taste rancid because of extensive processing) It also contains preservatives. Many contain GMO cornstarch. (Almost all cornstarch is GMO, as is almost all non-organic corn and other corn products like corn syrup.) Most store-bought jars also contain artificial food coloring. Here is a high-quality, organic mayo if you feel like making mayo, however simple it is, just isn’t for you.
Homemade mayonnaise has only a few ingredients.
Not only are there few ingredients, but it will truly only take you a few minutes! I make the lacto-fermented version of this mayo about once every other week. This version keeps longer because it is fermented, and it has all the benefits of a fermented condiment, such as probiotics and more bio-available vitamins and minerals. If you don’t have any Kombucha, don’t worry. You can make the regular version. You might want to cut the recipe in half though as it will only keep for a week or so.
You will need:
Directions for Food Processor or Blender:
Directions for Stick Blender:
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Do you make your own mayo? Will you give it a try?
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