Amazing Mayo

  

  I sometimes question my sanity.  I often take on way too much and think I have more time in my day.  I get a little bit over ambitious.  Why I thought starting a blog at the beginning of the school year would be a good idea is beyond me.  I clearly didn't think this one through and I have no one to blame but myself!  Honestly I wish I had more time in the day and I definitely like working on the blog.  So, I need to muscle through this, suck it up and deal with it!  

  Its been a little challenging for everyone to get into the new school/morning routines but we are slowly getting there.  The morning really isn't the problem, it's everything else that is the issue.  If you throw in baseball, ice hockey, gymnastics and soccer I now have another full time job of being a chauffeur and scheduler. Not to mention my actual real full time job!  Needless to say, we are all getting used to the new schedules and trying to make it all work.  Somehow I need to work in some sleep because it might be helpful, right? 

  Being a grown up is tough and it isn't always fun. As children we rush to be an adult. Once we get there I think many of us question why.  Why did we think all this stuff would be fun?  Paying bills, being responsible, being the bad guy and saying no to your kids, making dinner while kids are whining....none of those were in my mind while I was dreaming of being a grown up. It was going to be easy and perfect and no problems would ever come into play, right? Well, nothing is perfect and everyone has problems.  Now I just need to figure out the best solutions and roll with the punches.  

  One way is to try and be prepared. I try to make some things ahead of time or have certain essentials on hand.  If you have the basics you can create any meal.  Mayo is one of those amazing things I love to have in the fridge at all times.  The store bought mayos typically have soybean oil or other bad oils, so I don't like to use them.  This mayo is thick and creamy and super easy to make!  All you need is an emulsion hand blender.  The emulsion blender will pretty much make this full proof.  If you don't already have one, go out and get one NOW!  It is probably one of my favorite kitchen tools and I use it quite often.  I would go with the stainless steel version because it is great for hot soups as well.  Just you wait until the fall and winter. I will be making soups galore. The only problem will be making sure I have enough time to actually write about it on the blog.  Hopefully we will all be used to the schedule by then.  Fingers crossed!

Amazing Mayo

Serves:Approx 1 cup

Cook Time:0 minutes

Prep Time:3 minutes

Total Time:3 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 whole egg, room temperature (very important!). I use a whole egg, but you could use just the yolk if you prefer.
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp dry mustard
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• dash cayenne
• dash paprika
• 1 cup avocado oil

Instructions:

1. Start with egg and add all ingredients to tall container.  I use the container that came with our emulsion blender.
2. Place emulsion blender all the way to the bottom of the container and keep it there while you blend. Blend until it starts to thicken then slowly move the blender up to combine it all.  Keep in air tight container in fridge.