Healthy Homemade Mayonnaise

I think I finally did it. I found a winner! I’ve been trying to make a homemade mayonnaise that tastes just like Hellmann’s, or at least similar to Hellmann’s.

So, why not just open a jar of Hellmann’s? Why bother with all of this experimentation in the kitchen? Three reasons: Hellmann’s has (1) soybean oil, (2) sugar, and (3) nutrient deficient factory farmed eggs. YUCK. I don’t want those nasty ingredients in my body, or my kids bodies either!

You see, I had tried a few different mayo recipes with no success. I have tried using extra virgin olive oil. Blech. While I like olive oil in some things, I didn’t like olive oil tasting mayo. I didn’t try coconut oil for two reasons: coconuty tasting mayo didn’t sound good, and since coconut oil is solid at room temp I was afraid refrigerated as mayonnaise it would end up solid as a rock. I also tried making bacon grease mayo, because who doesn’t love bacon? Bacon into mayonnaise sounded like a match made in heaven, but it was too greasy and just didn’t taste right to me. My seven-year-old, Bradley, didn’t care for any of these recipes either, and he is a mayonnaise connoisseur.

I decided recently to try using my MCT oil to make mayonnaise. I decided it was a good candidate because it’s flavorless and exceptionally healthy! Did you miss my post on all the health benefits of MCT oil? Go check it out!