Home Made Mayonnaise Made Easy – Yum!

Since we're dealing with raw eggs, it's vital to make sure all parts are as clean as possible and that everything goes into the refrigerator as quick as possible. With that being said, I may never buy store-bought mayonnaise ever again!

What you'll need to make delicious home made mayonnaise easy:

2 eggs
1 ½ cups vegetable oil (Some folks swear by olive oil, others canola and still others soybean oil. Really, any oil works and it's all a matter of taste preference)
¼ teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons sugar or honey

How to make delicious home made mayonnaise easy:

In a blender, add your eggs, salt and sugar. Blend well, until it starts to look like mayonnaise. Stop blending and add half of your oil a drop or small dribble at a time. Blend again until you see it looking whipped. Add your lemon juice or apple cider vinegar and the rest of your oil. Blend on high until you think it looks enough like mayonnaise.

Refrigerate in a sealed jar any portions not eaten right away.

Experiment with hot sauce, chili powder, mustard, dill or any other flavorings you might want to. There are no rules. You might just invent the next food trend. Leave me a comment so I hear what you've tried and how it worked out for you.

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Home-Made Delicious Pecan Butter Made Easy

First, to tell you where I got the idea. We just got a new blender and I love love LOVE making “All Things Blended.” Smoothies, home made mayo, you get the idea. So, I went looking for a home-made peanut butter recipe and found this one from a friend who writes for Yahoo! Voices.

Her recipe sounded really good but when I checked my cupboard (cue ominous background music) NO PEANUTS! What to do? What to do! Okay, I told myself “Self, you're just going to have to try something unique.” So I did.

While we didn't have any peanuts, I remember having had almond butter and other nut butters and that's when it hit me: We have a bag of pecans in the fridge! So, I went with that.

While Ms Morris' peanut butter recipe probably works just fine as it is (in fact, it sounds damn good and I must try it soon) I had to make a few changes for successful pecan butter. Here are my ingredients and steps to make the world's easiest and most delicious pecan butter.

What you'll need:

2 cups shelled pecans, crushed
4 Tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
4 Tablespoons honey or sugar
A blender with varying settings

What you'll do to make the world's easiest, most delicious home made pecan butter:

In the blender, chop up your pecans until they're very nearly powdery. Add your oil and mix on low until it's blended. Then add your honey and mix until it's blended.

Once the ingredients are well-mixed, blend on high (or “puree” if you speak “fancy-talk.”) until it's a consistency which looks like, well...peanut butter.


Here's what mine looked like. But, I've always been a fan of "chunky" myself. You might want to keep pureeing longer.

Spoon out into your container and whatever you don't eat right then needs to be refrigerated, since there are no preservatives. Multiplying this recipe in equal portions of four could probably make enough to justify using a mason jar. It doesn't pour like fresh home made peanut butter, so you'll need to scoop it out with a spatula.

A Tablespoon of the final product is surprisingly filling and gratifying. The next time I make it, I'm going to experiment with flavorings. Chocolate might be a bit too much (Never thought you'd see those words in the same sentence, did ya?) but I'm thinking cinnamon or vanilla might work just right. Maybe butterscotch. Anyways, you're welcome. And enjoy!

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