Making vegan mayo at home has never been easier. This healthy recipe uses no oil or eggs, but whole food ingredients for the perfect result!
This post was originally published on October 30, 2017.
I have never been a mayo lover until I learned to make it at home. This recipe is so good and versatile! Bonus that it's so healthy.
This mayo is healthy, vegan and made with no oil. Slather it on anything and everything! I'm telling you, I don't even like traditional mayo and this stuff is legit!!
This recipe comes from my cookbook, Vegan Burgers and Burritos. It can be used plain or to make other awesome spread, like I do in this delicious Fall Harvest Burrito (also a recipe from my cookbook!). You can grab this recipe in the notes below the recipe for the mayo!
Ingredients
No oil, no eggs, no artificial substitutes! All you need to make this mayo is just real whole foods:
- Raw cashews
- Distilled white vinegar
- Lemon juice
- Garlic
- Sea salt
- Ground mustard seed
How to Make Vegan Mayo
Easier and quicker to make than heading to the store! This process is seriously so simple you'll make it every time you need mayonnaise. Here's what to do:
- Put all ingredients into a blender.
- Blend until smooth, then let sit in the fridge.
- Serve!
How to use vegan mayo
This oil free mayo is wonderful in and on everything! Use as a spread on your favorite sandwiches, wraps, and burgers. You can also incorporate it in other recipes as well like these:
- Creamy Vegan Coleslaw
- Coconut Bacon Peach BLT
- The Ultimate Vegan BLT with Avocado
- Vegan Chickpea Burgers
- Grilled Portobello Mushroom Burgers
- Vegan Fish Taco Bowl
Tips and tricks
This vegan mayo recipe is pretty simple, but these helpful hints should come in handy:
- To get the perfect texture, a high speed blender works best. A food processor is also a good option.
- If you are not using a high-speed blender, there are a couple of options for making your sauce smooth: You can use a coffee grinder to grind everything to a fine powder, or make sure to soak your cashews overnight, or for at least 2 to 3 hours. If you forget, you can also boil them for 30 minutes.
- This mayo thickens as it sits, so make sure to let it rest in the refrigerator before serving for best results.
- Store in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to one week.
- Freezing is not recommended as the texture will change.
Common Questions
While there are a number of recipes out there, this one uses cashews, vinegar, lemon juice, and seasonings.
Using a vegan mayo is the best substitute, but there are other options as well. Avocado, olive oil, vegan plain yogurt, hummus, or tahini could work depending on what you need it for.
More Vegan Sauce and Spread Recipes
Whether it's a classic condiment you can't live without, or just that perfect extra addition of flavor and creaminess, I have you covered! These recipes are all made from healthy whole food plant based ingredients:
The Best Vegan Mayo Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups raw cashews (see note)
- 13 tablespoons water , ¾ cup plus 1 tbsp
- 2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground mustard seed
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly chopped garlic
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into a blender and purée until smooth.
- Refrigerate the mayo to thicken. You can use right away but it won't be as thick.
- Serve!
Notes
- If you are not using a high-speed blender, there are a couple of options for making your sauce smooth: You can use a coffee grinder to grind everything to a fine powder, or make sure to soak your cashews overnight, or for at least 2 to 3 hours. If you forget, you can also boil them for 30 minutes.
- This makes 1 cup, serving size is 2 tablespoons.
- Nutrition facts are for the mayo only
- I like my rice on the al dente side, so when cooking you may need to add another ¼ cup (60 ml) of broth and cook for an extra 5 minutes if you prefer it well done.
- The rice isn’t overly salty. The other parts of this burrito have plenty of salt, so I keep the rice on the milder side.
- You can use water instead of broth for the rice, but the broth adds great flavor. You may need to adjust the amount of salt if you don’t use broth.
- This makes 4-5 burritos.
- This can be served as a bowl if folding a burrito is too hard!
Recipe by Veggies Don’t Bite, visit our site for more great plant-based recipes.
Nutrition
Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.
The Vegan 8
This burrito is so creative and look sooo freaking amazing and delicious! I love your thyme rice, too. Thyme is one of my favorite herbs and this looks delicious. I can just taste it all now and topped all with mayo...well holy, moly, it's a flavor bomb!! It's such a pretty burrito too!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you!! I guess when you're making 30 burrito recipes the creativity needs to come out sometime. LOL!! I love thyme as well! Such a great flavor!!
Aimee Douglass
This burrito looks fantastic! Burritos are definitely one of my favorite foods, and I could probably eat those for the rest of my life. Either that or bowls.
Priscilla Thibault
Peanut butter!
Jacqui
I think if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would have to be potatoes. So versatile! And they would go so well with the burgers from your book!
Barb
I cannot wait to make this burrito with that raspberry mayo. Sounds like a delicious combination and so perfect for this time of year!
Samantha
I love that Mayo recipe, it's a great staple. I couldn't live without potatoes, they are so versatile. I especially love mash potatoes. Yum
Sarah
Probably avocado toast
Natalie Cartledge
Veggie burgers
Carla
My answer used to be Tex-Mex but even though I really like vegan cheeses, I prefer not to eat them in the quantity required to make the kind of enchiladas that I miss. So now I usually say Indian or comfort food, depending on the weather.
Emma
I would eat sandwiches and wraps.
Shelley C.
One food would probably be mango. Love them!
Georges Dutil
Vegan Burgers anytime and any kind. The more the merrier.
Samantha
I would chose wild blueberries. They are such a wonderful healing food. They literally just make me happy just thinking about eating them ?
Corrine
I would choose pizza because at least there are so many varieties!
Diane
OMG! That burrito looks absolutely delicious.