Mayonnaise is the most famous sauce in the whole world, it is quite high in calories, although very tasty. Store-bought mayonnaise options are lame in quality and it’s always best to make it at home. But there are times when mayonnaise needs to be replaced with something: for example, someone is allergic to eggs or you are fasting, you are a vegan, etc. There are several alternatives to mayonnaise:
Greek yogurt
It is slightly sour, quite dense and thick, but low in calories. Of course, it is not suitable for everything, but you can safely use it for dressing vegetable and potato salads. It is much tastier to use not just Greek yogurt, but mixes based on it, adding various spices and herbs to it.
Cream
After adding mustard and vinegar or soy sauce to sour cream, you will get a taste very much like mayonnaise. This dressing can also be used for the most popular salads: Olivier salad, crab stick salad, herring under a fur coat.
Skim cheese
By mixing low-fat cottage cheese with herbs, adding pepper, lemon juice and whisking the mixture until smooth, you get a wonderful sauce and salad dressing.
Hummus
In salads with meat and eggs, hummus will be especially harmonious. There are no eggs in it, but the olive oil, tahini and chickpeas make it especially tasty, nutritious and interesting.
Also keep in mind that the same vegetable salads can often be seasoned simply with olive or sunflower oil, adding lemon juice and not resorting to using mayonnaise.