When I took the plunge and decided to remove all sugar from my diet I had no idea how difficult it would be! Sure, it was obvious there would be not more chocolate and sweets but over the weeks I realised how many foods have sugar hidden within them.

I’ve actually got a confession to make, I was eating shop-bought mayo for months before I realised it contained sugar! I mean? Why? Why on earth does sugar need to be in mayonnaise?! It didn’t even occur to me to check the label of a humble jar of mayonnaise…though it appears that nothing on our supermarket shelves is sugar-free nowadays. I started off searching for a mayonnaise that didn’t contain sugar and there just simply wasn’t one – no mater how organic, how posh or how basic, they all contained sugar! I really couldn’t bare the thought of adding another messy, time-consuming recipe to my already jam-packed ‘food-prep Sundays’ so I was received to discover this amazing alternative!

Easy, healthy, homemade sugar free mayonnaise

Thankfully, this is the easiest recipe ever known in the history of the universe! I tried making my own mayo years ago and didn’t have much luck – it seemed too complicated and it ended up separating and had to be chucked away so I never bothered trying to make it again. That was until I found myself desperately seeking a simple sugar-free dipping sauce for my eggs, sweet potato chips and anything else that was dip-worthy! This recipe is so easy and fool-proof you’ll never want to buy shop-bought mayo ever again.

There are so many variations you can do to this recipe to liven up your mayo. I like to add a bulb of roasted garlic but you can also add some chilli paste, mustard, pepper, basil or other herbs/spices to create your own mayo flavour!

What you’ll need:

Easy, healthy, homemade sugar-free mayonnaise

• Immersion Blender
• Jar that fits the head of the blender

Ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 1 Cup Light/Mild Olive Oil
• 3 Tsp Apple Cider Vinegar or Lemon Juice
• Pinch Salt

Method:

1. Put 1 cup of light/mild Olive oil or Rapeseed oil into the jar and add the 3 teaspoons of ACV/Lemon Juice and pinch of salt and any other ingredients to flavour your mayo.
2. Crack the egg into the jar (you can crack it into a separate bowl first to avoid any shell getting into the mixture.)
3. Give the egg 10 seconds or so to settle at the bottom of the jar.Easy, healthy, homemade sugar-free mayonnaise
4. Put you immersion blender into the jar and push it right down to the bottom.
5. Set it onto high speed and blend for 20 seconds without moving the blender. Just hold it there! You’ll literally see mayo appear before your eyes!
6. Once the 20 seconds is up you might see a thin layer of oil still on the top of the mixture – now you can move your blender around so it mixes up that last bit of oil but only give it another 5 seconds or so, if you over do it you risk the mixture separating.
7. Pull the blender out and use a spoon to scrape off any mayo from the blades and add it back in the jar. Pop the lid on, store in the fridge and use within 7-10 days. It’s really that simple!

Have you tried making your own mayonnaise before? Once you’ve tried this simple, homemade sugar-free version you’ll never want to go back to the shop-bought stuff!

Peace, Love & Clear Skin