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Lemon Basil Mayonnaise

June 1, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

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I love to cook, and I especially love simple recipes. Isn’t life too busy to wrestle with complicated dishes?
Usually, if a recipe has more than a few simple ingredients, I move on to something else (unless it happens to be Thanksgiving Day).
lemon basil mayonaisse
Although I don’t slather on the mayonnaise regularly, if I am cooking for a neighborhood party or a special family bar-b-que, this is my go-to recipe for dressing up sandwiches, burgers or tortilla roll-ups.

Lemon Basil Mayonnaise

1 cup Hellmann’s mayonnaise (use the real stuff…)
1/4 cup fresh Basil
1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
1/2 tablespoon chopped garlic

I doubled this recipe to serve with five dozen pulled pork sliders…but you can whip up a few tablespoons at a time as needed, adjusting the measurements to taste.

Combine in a food process or blender. That’s it!

into the blender or food processor
looks like a dip, doesn’t it?

Lemon basil mayo is amazing on pulled pork, roast beef, turkey or portabella mushroom sandwiches…

slider with lemon basil mayo

I think I could sell this stuff!

Happy Eating!

talya

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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