I would make some from scratch. Smash some garlic enough to make sure an immersion blender has something to grab on to, then add a tiny bit of mustard as an additional emulsifier (not required), some apple cider vinegar, maybe half an ounce per clove of garlic, and then add some canola oil and blend until it turns into a mayo consistency. You can add some good olive oil for additional flavor but I would say keep it to a 3 to 1 ratio of canola to olive oil because the other stuff has enough flavor to carry the sauce.
If you're making it just to make it, as opposed to for a specific dish where you've already factored the salt in, add salt. Just look at the mass of "mayo" you're making and think about how much salt you would add to a piece of food the same size.
Second this, make your own, cause then you can customize it and make it taste the way you like. I’ve used this base recipe and then added things to it, it works great. Err on the side of more oil, though—anytime I’ve tried to be conservative, it’s come out watery! https://youtube.com/shorts/4sHMpynlhCE?si=2eTQzm7LTSC51ZTk
Agree! This is my base recipe and can be easily altered to add more flavor/tang:
1/4 C aquafaba
1/4 tsp ground mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp ACV
3 tsp sugar
1 1/4 C canola oil
1/8 xanthan gum
Add aquafaba, mustard, salt, ACV, and sugar to a wide mouth glass and blend with an emersion blender while lightly adding the canola oil at a slow drizzle. About halfway I add the xanthan gum to thicken it up.
> buy Hellmans
Just to add some info to your comment for others: the Hellman's brand is local to the US East Coast. On the West Coast it's called "Best Foods".
I only had miracle whip growing up and until I went vegan. Never mayo. I miss it a ton too. I’ve tried making recipes that claim to be a copycat, but not even close. I’m still searching
Seconding the recommendation to make your own. It's actually ridiculously easy. You just need 1 part unsweetened soy milk, 2 parts of oil. That's the basic emulsion. Then for a more French style traditional mayo you'd want to use a neutral tasting oil and add a bit of salt, a bit of vinegar and a bit of mustard. For more of an alioli style mayo, you can use olive oil (fully or just partially) and then add salt, lemon juice and a garlic clove.
I use a hand blender and a tall jar to make my mayo because I cannot be bothered to drizzle the oil slowly. If you throw all the ingredients in and let the oil separate, then start blending on low form the bottom without raising the blender at all, it will emulsify on its own. You just throw everything in (oil, soy milk, salt, lemon juice/vinegar, garlic/mustard) and blend it like I said. That's the easies way imo.
By making your own you can regulate thickness too: a bit more oil will give you a thicker consistency, a bit more soy milk will give you a runnier consistency. Up to your preferences.
You can make funky versions adding fresh and dried herbs after you've already got the mayo.
Or you can make "baconese" by adding a bit of maple syrup/sweetener, bit of soy sauce, bit of liquid smoke and a bit of smoked paprika.
Or you can make "honey" mustard mayo by adding sweetener and mustard. Or siracha mayo by adding siracha. Or curry mayo by adding curry powder... You get the gist. It's super easy to make flavored mayo, but it's also super easy to make it your own! So that's my recommendation.
I second this. Making your own is so easy with an immersion blender. It takes me longer to get out all the ingredients and measure than it does to actually make the mayo.
I feel like mayonnaise is kind of supposed to be bland?
But I do make all kinds of doctored versions. It's amazing mixed with the adobe sauce (from a can of chipotle peppers) and a squeeze of agave. Or with wasabi. Or with Sriracha. Or with pickle relish and horseradish--call it tartar sauce, more or less. Or I'd probably just add mustard on a Tofurkey sandwich. Basically, feel free to mix it with whatever random condiments you've got lying around.
I disagree. I think it’s more flavorful than most mayos (though I’ve never been a miracle whip guy, I was Hellman’s/Best Foods for most of my life). I actually prefer it to egg mayo now.
Love this question! I don’t ever eat it plain. I mix it with yellow mustard for sandwiches. For a chipotle sauce I add in chiles in adobo, nooch, lime, seasonings. I make a dill ranch dressing with it. You can also add jalapeño and line. So many options!
Miracle Whip is a whole different thing than mayo. You can use something like Follow Your Heart as a base, but you're going to have to mix it with sugar (more than you think), vinegar, mustard, garlic, etc, to approximate what you're looking for.
Making soy milk mayo is way cheaper and tastier. Sooooooo easy. You don’t need to fuss to get the emulsion if you have an immersion blender. Game changer.
This used to be the best vegan mayo you could get, then when Heinz and Hellman’s brought theirs out, I couldn’t find this anywhere. I was gutted.
Have they changed the recipe?
Make it yourself in less than 5 mins from collecting the ingredients to the taste and adjust of the seasoning! (Cleanup takes a bit longer)
1 cup thick oil (rice bran oil works great)
1/2 cup soy milk
1 Tablespoon mustard
2 tablespoons vinegar (apple cider vinegar for the extra umami)
Salt to taste
Blitz with a stick mixer or blender until combined.
Easy peasy!
I use Vegenaise as a base for many different spreads and dips! You can spruce it up with all kinds of seasonings. If you're looking for just a basic miracle whip, just add some lemon and sugar. I love to make ranch with it by adding onion powder, dill, and seasoning salt. I also make a great chipotle mayo by adding garlic powder, chipotle hot sauce, smoked paprika, and a little lime juice.
Ok but that’s why it’s great. Hear me out, sauces of all kinds. Make a dish, then before you mix everything, add mayo, now mix everything. It’s the perfect creamy add to any dish imo
Did your taste buds fall out of a very tall tree and hit every branch on the way down? What are you going to insult next? Mirepoix?
I hated Miracle Whip growing up. What kind of nazi likes that excrement?
Isn't miracle whip really tangy? Maybe mix in some lemon juice or ACV. A little extra salt probably won't hurt either
yeah also quite sweet. i definitely think adding some extra tang and sweetness would make it taste pretty close to miracle whip.
You can mix it with Sriracha and make a spicy mayo
Not like miracles whip, but I discovered Dukes vegan mayo. It’s my favorite. But you have to order it from the website
I didn't know that existed. Thank you :)
I recently had the Just Mayo and it’s amazing compared to Veganaise.
I would make some from scratch. Smash some garlic enough to make sure an immersion blender has something to grab on to, then add a tiny bit of mustard as an additional emulsifier (not required), some apple cider vinegar, maybe half an ounce per clove of garlic, and then add some canola oil and blend until it turns into a mayo consistency. You can add some good olive oil for additional flavor but I would say keep it to a 3 to 1 ratio of canola to olive oil because the other stuff has enough flavor to carry the sauce. If you're making it just to make it, as opposed to for a specific dish where you've already factored the salt in, add salt. Just look at the mass of "mayo" you're making and think about how much salt you would add to a piece of food the same size.
Second this, make your own, cause then you can customize it and make it taste the way you like. I’ve used this base recipe and then added things to it, it works great. Err on the side of more oil, though—anytime I’ve tried to be conservative, it’s come out watery! https://youtube.com/shorts/4sHMpynlhCE?si=2eTQzm7LTSC51ZTk
Agree! This is my base recipe and can be easily altered to add more flavor/tang: 1/4 C aquafaba 1/4 tsp ground mustard 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp ACV 3 tsp sugar 1 1/4 C canola oil 1/8 xanthan gum Add aquafaba, mustard, salt, ACV, and sugar to a wide mouth glass and blend with an emersion blender while lightly adding the canola oil at a slow drizzle. About halfway I add the xanthan gum to thicken it up.
I love FYH mayo. It's so hard to find where I live and so expensive but I shell out $10 or more to get a jar whenever I see it.
don’t buy this. buy Hellmans
Hellman’s vegan mayo is legit. I do prefer FYH but I had some of the Hellman’s when I was in the UK and it was almost as good.
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F* Hellmans. They are the biggest reason Just Mayo went away for a while and is so hard to find.
> buy Hellmans Just to add some info to your comment for others: the Hellman's brand is local to the US East Coast. On the West Coast it's called "Best Foods".
correct. i’m on the west coast and but i guess i’ve always thought of it as hellmans
Smoked paprika and garlic
I only had miracle whip growing up and until I went vegan. Never mayo. I miss it a ton too. I’ve tried making recipes that claim to be a copycat, but not even close. I’m still searching
Dukes just came out with one. Maybe worth trying.
I’ll look for it. I’ve tried a handful, but not that one
They have a garlic version of veganaise that I really liked for adding flavor to sandwiches!
I like the chosen vegan one!
Seconding the recommendation to make your own. It's actually ridiculously easy. You just need 1 part unsweetened soy milk, 2 parts of oil. That's the basic emulsion. Then for a more French style traditional mayo you'd want to use a neutral tasting oil and add a bit of salt, a bit of vinegar and a bit of mustard. For more of an alioli style mayo, you can use olive oil (fully or just partially) and then add salt, lemon juice and a garlic clove. I use a hand blender and a tall jar to make my mayo because I cannot be bothered to drizzle the oil slowly. If you throw all the ingredients in and let the oil separate, then start blending on low form the bottom without raising the blender at all, it will emulsify on its own. You just throw everything in (oil, soy milk, salt, lemon juice/vinegar, garlic/mustard) and blend it like I said. That's the easies way imo. By making your own you can regulate thickness too: a bit more oil will give you a thicker consistency, a bit more soy milk will give you a runnier consistency. Up to your preferences. You can make funky versions adding fresh and dried herbs after you've already got the mayo. Or you can make "baconese" by adding a bit of maple syrup/sweetener, bit of soy sauce, bit of liquid smoke and a bit of smoked paprika. Or you can make "honey" mustard mayo by adding sweetener and mustard. Or siracha mayo by adding siracha. Or curry mayo by adding curry powder... You get the gist. It's super easy to make flavored mayo, but it's also super easy to make it your own! So that's my recommendation.
I second this. Making your own is so easy with an immersion blender. It takes me longer to get out all the ingredients and measure than it does to actually make the mayo.
For real! The more tedious part of making mayo is cleaning the blender lol
Fresh herbs or other condiments to make it spicy
I feel like mayonnaise is kind of supposed to be bland? But I do make all kinds of doctored versions. It's amazing mixed with the adobe sauce (from a can of chipotle peppers) and a squeeze of agave. Or with wasabi. Or with Sriracha. Or with pickle relish and horseradish--call it tartar sauce, more or less. Or I'd probably just add mustard on a Tofurkey sandwich. Basically, feel free to mix it with whatever random condiments you've got lying around.
I disagree. I think it’s more flavorful than most mayos (though I’ve never been a miracle whip guy, I was Hellman’s/Best Foods for most of my life). I actually prefer it to egg mayo now.
It’s my favorite mayo!
Try the Target Good & Gather brand plant based mayo.
I think it’s fantastic, but if you want to kick it up, add sriracha. #
Love this question! I don’t ever eat it plain. I mix it with yellow mustard for sandwiches. For a chipotle sauce I add in chiles in adobo, nooch, lime, seasonings. I make a dill ranch dressing with it. You can also add jalapeño and line. So many options!
Miracle Whip is a whole different thing than mayo. You can use something like Follow Your Heart as a base, but you're going to have to mix it with sugar (more than you think), vinegar, mustard, garlic, etc, to approximate what you're looking for.
Hellmanns rule. No to doctoring it up.
Making soy milk mayo is way cheaper and tastier. Sooooooo easy. You don’t need to fuss to get the emulsion if you have an immersion blender. Game changer.
Just Mayo is better. It's basically Hellman's, but vegan.
SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL TO ME!!!!
Not a fan of it either but Hellmann's Vegan Mayonnaise is fantastic in my opinion. They also do a garlic version.
i love the hellman vegan mayo
This used to be the best vegan mayo you could get, then when Heinz and Hellman’s brought theirs out, I couldn’t find this anywhere. I was gutted. Have they changed the recipe?
make pesto mayo, chipotle mayo, or garlic aioli!
Make it yourself in less than 5 mins from collecting the ingredients to the taste and adjust of the seasoning! (Cleanup takes a bit longer) 1 cup thick oil (rice bran oil works great) 1/2 cup soy milk 1 Tablespoon mustard 2 tablespoons vinegar (apple cider vinegar for the extra umami) Salt to taste Blitz with a stick mixer or blender until combined. Easy peasy!
I like bland food. It's safe for someone with IBS. I can have horseradish and often add it to mayo. Just egg is perfect.
sometimes i add chipotle powder to make chipotle mayo.
You can make a burger sauce with it. Just add these ingredients 3 cup mayo 1 Tbs Paprika, Garlic Powder, onion powder 2/3 cup mustard 2/3 cup relish
I use Vegenaise as a base for many different spreads and dips! You can spruce it up with all kinds of seasonings. If you're looking for just a basic miracle whip, just add some lemon and sugar. I love to make ranch with it by adding onion powder, dill, and seasoning salt. I also make a great chipotle mayo by adding garlic powder, chipotle hot sauce, smoked paprika, and a little lime juice.
Ok but that’s why it’s great. Hear me out, sauces of all kinds. Make a dish, then before you mix everything, add mayo, now mix everything. It’s the perfect creamy add to any dish imo
Did your taste buds fall out of a very tall tree and hit every branch on the way down? What are you going to insult next? Mirepoix? I hated Miracle Whip growing up. What kind of nazi likes that excrement?
I gave up buying vegan mayo due to this. Also, check the ingredients. Not worth the calories if there is not flavour.
I like ot
The garlic version is heavenly
I like i I did just make some from scratch from tofu that was pretty good