EZ 5 Minute Homespun Olive Oil Mayo
Are you still using store bought Mayonnaise? It’s all I
knew as a child and it was delicious when combined with anything in-between two
slices of bread. Maybe back then it was even made from real ingredients. But
check your ingredients now and you will be hard pressed to find something not
containing some type of preservative or other ingredients which are difficult
to enunciate.
While reading the label on one of the nation’s
best-selling brand of Mayo and I thought…If I can’t say it, I’m not eating
it.
Below are the Ingredients and my speedy attempt at
breaking down the meaning behind some of those silly words…
WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, OLIVE OIL, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS,
MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, SORBIC ACID AND
CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA
OLEORESIN
Soybean Oil -
Vegetable oil chemically extracted from the seeds of a soybean
Olive
Oil -
Know by many in Europe as “lampante” (lamp oil). Most mass produced foods that
simply state “olive oil” really have very little real olive oil in them, and it
is never going to be extra virgin olive oil.
Modified
Potato Starch - Genetically modified potatoes – nuff said.
Sorbic
Acid - Preservative used
to prolong shelf life also use in cosmetics.
CalciumDisodium EDTA - Preservative also used in cosmetics. Calcium
is placed into the mix because the disodium EDTA is known to bind and remove
certain vitamins through natural body functions … ewwww, yuck.
Paprika
Oleoresin - Chemically extracted paprika oil- Really? Why?
Therefore…
If you can make your own heart healthy olive oil mayo at
home and do it in 5 minutes, why would you ever want to purchase a chemically
laced olive oil from the store again?
EZ 5 Minute
Homespun Olive Oil Mayo
Ingredients:
♥¾
cup extra virgin olive oil ( mild flavor)
♥1 large egg
♥1 large egg
♥a pinch
of sugar
♥¾
tsp. salt
♥1 tsp. white or cider vinegar
♥1 tsp. lemon juice
♥1/2
tsp. Dijon mustard ( I like Honey Dijon)
♥1 tsp. very hot water
♥1 tsp. very hot water
Preparation:
Add 1/4 of a cup of olive oil with all other ingredients (except hot water) and begin blending on low speed. Increase speed to medium, and slowly add remaining olive oil. Continue blending until mixture begins to look thick. Slowly drizzle hot water, blend for another 30 seconds, until smooth and creamy. Pour into into a container store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
