5-Minute Heart Healthy Mayonnaise Recipe
Homemade mayo is so quick and easy to make! Who knew? Plus, you can make it with just a handful of affordable, recognizable, and heart-healthy ingredients. The avocado or olive oil base provides an anti-inflammatory benefit - just add egg, salt, lemon juice, and a bit of ground mustard for flavor. Blend and you're off to the potato salad (or sandwich or macaroni salad or hamburger) races!
Here I place my pledge to never make you scroll through 24 paragraphs about what I did the day I first made this recipe, 14 variations on the recipe, and how this was my grandmother’s sister’s favorite food. You will find the recipe directly below. Happy cooking!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground mustard seed
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Avocado or Olive oil
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in order in a jar (if using an immersion blender), food processor, or blender.
- If using an immersion blender, place immersion blender all the way at the bottom of the jar. Blend for 5-10 seconds until mayonnaise forms. Slowly raise the immersion blender up the jar until the remainder of the jar is mayonnaise.
- In a food processor or blender, blend until the entire mixture is mayonnaise.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Tbsp
Servings 20
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 100kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 11.1g18%
- Saturated Fat 1.29g7%
- Cholesterol 8.2mg3%
- Sodium 32.4mg2%
- Total Carbohydrate 0.1g1%
- Protein 0.3g1%
- Vitamin E 9 IU
- Vitamin K 11 mcg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.