This is the best (tastiest) and healthiest mayonnaise recipe you will ever find. It could be called a Mock Miracle Whip® recipe except that it is sweeter and tangier than the original. If you don’t like the sweet and tangy and want to just make plain mayonnaise, you can remove the sweetener and some of the lemon juice/vinegar.
We originally used Macadamia Nut Oil in this recipe, and for a good reason. It contained a wonderful anti-inflammatory and the flavor was nutty. You still can use it, but we’ve switched to MCT Oil because it too is anti-inflammatory and it is an oil that won’t stick to fat cells. It’s burned up in extra energy.
We will discuss what makes this recipe so damn good for you as you get into the recipe.
Ingredients (as always, as organic as possible)
- 1 ½ cup Fractionated Coconut Oil (a medium chain triglyceride)
3 or 4 Egg Yolks (we always use 4) - ½ Cup Water
- ½ Cup Coconut Milk Powder *
- 6 tablespoons Swerve Confectionery Sweetener (rounded for sweeter mayo)
OR 4 – 5 packs of Svetia (a stevia from Mexico with no aftertaste) - ¼ Cup Unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Celtic Sea Salt
- 1½ – 2 teaspoons Dry Mustard
- ½ teaspoon White Pepper
- ¼ Cup fresh squeezed Lemon Juice (lime juice is good too)
- 1 teaspoon Konjac Root (very important and see below for options)
Konjac Notification: It seems Miracle Noodle no longer makes Konjac Flour, and there are no standards in its production. You can find it at Amazon with this link Best Naturals Konjac Root. We’ve been experimenting in our kitchen and it seems that one teaspoon of the substitutes we’ve been using (like the one from Best Naturals) doesn’t behave as the original Miracle Noodle Konjac flour, and you “might” have to double the amounts we’ve posted in the past. If our recipe calls for 1 teaspoon, try at least 1½, possibly 2.
I’ve just made a version with the svetia and an off-brand of Konjac Root. It’s “grainy and lumpy.” So I either try a different konjac or I use the submersion blender longer. We’ll see.
Again, if you prefer regular mayo to the tangy Miracle Whip® taste, simply cut the vinegar and lemon juice (how much is up to your taste buds) and eliminate the sweetener. And this recipe is tangier and sweeter than Miracle Whip®, not to mention healthier.
Directions
First you’ll want to set the eggs out for about 30 minutes to warm them to room temp. Make sure your eggs are farm fresh and organic. Personally, I would never eat a factory farm egg raw.
Put the eggs and oils aside. You’ll want to mix together all the goodies that will go into your recipe once the eggs and oil have created a thick base (that is, unless you have two people working on this; one can create the oil and egg base, while the other mixes these other ingredients, adding the Konjac last).
But first, some really helpful tips.
Immersion Blenders: Every kitchen needs one of these. 
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Find a small bowl with tall sides (you’ll be using your immersion blender) , mix well all the other ingredients in the second part of the recipe (above) except for the Konjac (and this is important . . . as you will see in the next paragraph).
Konjac Root: Every kitchen needs konjac root. I always have it nearby when I’m inventing something in the kitchen. I’ve even used it in low carb bread recipes to help take the place of gluten. Our website focuses on health, but people don’t eat health foods unless they taste good. You know this, and we know this. And the fewer calories and fewer carbs we add to our recipes, the healthier they are. There’s nothing worse than making a tasty gravy or sauce and then thickening it with 100 to 200 calories of flour. Konjac root has 10 calories per teaspoon and a net zero carb count, and it thickens without heat. So this recipe is both tasty and a lot lower in calories than any mayo on the market.
My first experience with konjac root was while I was preparing a stir fry. I always prepare my spices separately, and then I’d take my flour and water combination (used to thicken the sauce) and shake it up in a container and set it aside. I performed my usual routine with the spices, only this time I used konjac root and water in a small container, shook it well and set it aside.
When it came time to add the thickening agent, I took the top off the container with the konjac/water mixture, and to my surprise, it had completely hardened. I slapped it on the counter and something resembling a breast implant sat there staring at me. I wet the bottom of it and stuck in on my wall, and that thing stayed there for nearly a month.
So I learned right away that konjac root thickens without heat. It thickens quickly, so, for this reason, we add it to nothing except when everything else is completed, and then we mix thoroughly.
Konjac root is the LAST thing you will add to this mixture and then you will add it to the egg and oil concoction you’ve created in your mixer.
OPTIONAL
If you don’t have or cannot find Konjac root, what you can do is add 3 tablespoons of arrow root powder instead, but then you’ll have to heat this concoction till it is thick, and then slowly add it to your egg and oil mixture and we mean slowly. If you add it too fast, you’ll have to start over.
And this is why we love the konjac root version, because you can add it at any speed, the whole thing turns watery (will scare you at first) but in the end, it solidifies and becomes mayonnaise and this version is practically fool-proof.
Use your immersion blender on the second part of your recipe without adding the konjac root, and put it aside.
Now we will make the base; a nice thick base.
In a mixing bowl, with the mixer on high, add the egg yolks and start whipping.
Add your MCT Oil just a few drops at a time (or a very thin drizzle) at first to make sure you’re getting enough air into the mixture. Add the oil very, very slowly. You should notice that the concoction starts to stiffen as the designs created by the whirring mixer begin to stay longer and longer. You can add the oil a bit faster as this concoction stiffens.
Note on Mixers: I used to buy whatever was on sale at the big big store in town, but I found that I was buying one every year or so, because they just burned out. Get a good mixer. The one I have now is 7 years old and still going strong.
Note on MCT Oils: We use a Medium Chain Triglyceride oil because it is anti-inflammatory and because our fat cells reject it. MCT oils give us extra energy and must be burned off like carbs. You can read more about them here: MCT Oils (Medium Chain Triglycerides). And please! get a version that is extracted entirely from Coconut Oil, because Palm Oil is not harvested sustainably, which is destroying the habitats of many endangered species.
Now you have a thick yolk colored substance in the mixing bowl, and you have the second part (without the konjac root) in another bowl. It’s time to add the konjac root to the second part.
Once added, you want to thoroughly blend with your hand/immersion blender. And I mean thoroughly. Konjac root will clump.
Once blended nicely, you will slowly add it to your concoction in the mixer, mixing thoroughly, using a spatula to make sure everything on the bottom of your mixing bowl gets into the mixture.
Warning: It will get very, very watery. Do not worry. Your konjac root will turn it back into the consistency of mayonnaise once refrigerated. If you use too much konjac root, it will turn it into the consistency of spackle, and you can use it to finish off the walls in the kids’ room.
Again, this is a warning. It can get very thick.
* Coconut Milk Powder
As an experiment one day, we added one half cup of Coconut Milk Powder to the recipe. It turned out so good that we will NEVER make mayo again without this. It just made the mayo amazing.
Lacto-Fermented Mayo
In place of a tablespoon or two of vinegar, get a tablespoon of kimchi juice, or juice from a good sauerkraut and stir that in. Let it sit in the kitchen for about 7 hours, then refrigerate. Another method is to open some capsules of probiotics and spread the contents throughout the mayo and then let that sit. This is a great way to keep your gut in balance.
Two Sandwiches Made with this Mayo
Ham & Cheese, Chicken Salad. Just click, read, and make!
In Summation
We call this a Guilt-Free Mayonnaise. And it is. The greatest number of carbs in it come from the Coconut Milk Powder, and coconut milk is just so good for us. The fats (MCT oils) have calories, but they are burned off much differently from other fats. You can experiment with other oils. Add a bit of flax oil, or hemp oil; this is totally up to you. We have made this with macadamia nut oil and it’s very tasty, but since switching to MCT oils, we’ve never gone back.
