Sugar, sugar, sugar. It's everywhere! I eat my fair share, trust me. And high fructose syrup is hard to avoid. But honestly I do not like it in my mayo! Recently at a local homeschool group get together a mother who makes just about all of her own food and 'stuff' (lotions, soaps, etc) said she had a recipe for making mayo. I know, it is easy to find online- just Google "homemade mayo" and you'll be inundated with a plethora of recipes for mayo. I like to have recipes from people I know ;) I know they've made it and ate it and are still alive LOL
The friend at the get-together said she would post her yummy recipe so I could make it. I forgot and she probably got busy... but one day she surprised me and sent me a message with the recipe. Wouldn't you know: it was the day I ran out of store bought mayo.
Although I didn't follow her recipe exactly, my mayo is delicious!! I like mayo anyways but Fox does not! After I made this batch I asked if the kids wanted to try (Lee adamantly refused...oh well!) and Fox took a smidgen taste. Just enough really to cover a taste bud ;) He actually likes it!! The one that dislikes mayo with a passion! Yay!! So here is the recipe I used (because I've rarely ever followed a recipe as written):
2 eggs
1 TB white vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 3/4 cup oil (room temperature)
Crack eggs into a quart jar and add all but the oil. Place immersion blender (stick blender) to the bottom of the jar and press HIGH. Slowly- SLOWLY- pour in the oil and move the blender up as you pour in the oil.
It is amazing how easy this was and how good it tastes compared to store bought!!
The ingredients of the store bought:
soybean oil, water, whole eggs, egg yolks, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of salt, spices, calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor), lemon juice concentrate, oleoresin paprika, natural flavor.
The ingredients of homemade:
whole eggs, canola oil, distilled vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic powder.
Yum~
Thank you, Carol!!
I make tofu mayo sometimes (we can't have eggs). It's easy and yummy too.
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ReplyDeleteThe raw eggs (I know they're in mayo) are freaking me out, but since I'm a scratch kind of girl, I think I'll try the recipe. I ran out of mayonnaise last week and it was a few hard and lean days w/o it.
LOL Tofu and fear of raw eggs! Great comments :)
ReplyDeleteTristan- I think I might sneak it a try :) DH is absolutely completely totally opposed to tofu ...but if he doesn't know... ;)
Milk & Honey Mommy- as someone said the vinegar (uh, the original recipe also called for lemon juice which I had none of...) discourages cooties from growing ;) Keep it refrigerated when not using and it'll last 2 weeks. Make a smaller batch if you don't go through it that fast :)
That is funny Blossom! My husband does not think he wants anything to do with anything soy... he eats my soy bread sometimes, but then he doesn't know it contains soy and I am not volunteering the information! Of course, if he asked I'd have to reveal my secret. LOL
DeleteI was looking for recipes to make mayo with soymilk and found one, but I have yet to try it... soon though!
I am sooo trying this! I have PLENTY of eggs!! I didnt now about the slowly adding the oil though could be why the one time I tried making it was runny!;) I try to avoid soybean products because like High fructose syrup Soybeans/oil is in everything. If it was just a little it would be okay.
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