Yeah its not so straight forward. Best habit to get into is reading the ingredients of everything you buy. Unfortunately you'll quickly realize sugar is present in almost everything. Everyone's eating bacon, but almost all "commercial" ones include sugar whether it's Eskort, Enterprise, PnP, Woolies ect. Other day I was braaing a few nice lamb chops and boom, the chop spice has sugar to grrr.
Here's a basic mayo.
Banting Mayo
Almost all the mayonnaises you get in the stores are made with veg oils,
which are against Banting religion. Stay away from
all of them and make your own safe and delicious mayo. You can add anything
to it just like a normal mayo so go wild with flavour combinations.
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp dijon mustard
juice of 1 lemon
½ cup coconut oil, extra-virgin or refined
½ cup quality olive oil
1 tbsp double thick greek yoghurt
salt and pepper
1/ Combine the eggs, mustard and lemon juice in a food processor.
2/ Melt the coconut oil in a small pot until it turns to liquid.
Avoid heating it too much or it will cause the eggs to curdle.
3/ Turn the food processor to a fast speed and slowly pour the
coconut oil and olive oil into the egg mixture.
4/ Once the mayo has emulsified, add the yoghurt and season to taste.
This should keep for about a week in the fridge.
Note: If you bulk this up with yoghurt you can make it go a lot further.
Coconut oil is outrageously expensive so it needs to be stretched as far as possible.
MAKES 400ML
