September 8, 2022

Roasted Red Pepper Vegan Miso Mayo

Tangy, funky, salty, spicy, yum, it’s vegan miso mayo! Bring a little zest to your burgers and sandwiches with a quick recipe you can make at home in just a minute or two. Miso adds a deeper flavor and a great umami funk, and the marinaded peppers lend a little sweetness to the blend. With less than 10 ingredients and just one step- blend- this homemade vegan and gluten-free mayo alternative is perfect.

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Baby Vegan Inspiration

When I graduated from college I decided to give veganism a chance, and I did that by just not buying animal products anymore. I was already a vegetarian, so I slowly ate through the cheese, eggs, and dairy that I had on hand and then did without or replaced them with vegan alternatives. And this was about 7 years ago now, and there weren’t as many vegan options out there- plus as a newly graduated college student I was on a pretty tight budget. I didn’t really have a ton of room to try expensive vegan cheeses and meats, but I did a little bit of trial and error. I lived right next to the food co-op, and they had lots of interesting options. And one item I found that I fell in love with was a miso mayo by So Good Foods (it’s still on the market, you can go get some!) Because it has added flavors to it, it’s a lot more interesting than traditional mayo- it’s really a step up! When I moved back to the east coast a couple months later, I moved away from my little food co-op and at the time I wasn’t able to find this miso mayo anymore. And so I made my own, and wrote the recipe down in a google doc, and totally forgot I had done that. It might have been the first recipe I’ve ever written- certainly the first vegan recipe I’d written. I went off and worked an office job, but years later recipe creation would be my fulltime job. And this isn’t my original miso mayo recipe- it’s simpler and better than my first attempt- but it’s a beautiful little full-circle moment for me. Cheers to you, little baby vegan Val, I still love your taste in vegan mayonnaise alternatives.

Looking for Ways to Use Miso Mayo? Try it on one of these!

Slather on Savory Herbed Vegan Pumpkin Muffins and Teff Vegan Burger with White Beans and Mushrooms
Add to Easy Air Fried Crispy Potato Tacos or Vegan Korean Corn Dogs from Carrots
Top off your Kabocha Squash Vegan Tempura Sushi Roll
Dip Golden Beet & Kohlrabi Recipe: Root Vegetable Latkes, Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts, Vegetarian Chicken Nuggets, or Bloomin’ Maitake (Vegan Hen of the Woods Recipe)
Switch out the miso and the mayo for this red pepper one in Easy Homemade Miso Vegan Potato Salad
Make a sandwich with Garlic Yeasted Savory Zucchini Bread and Tomato and Garlic Vegetarian Sandwich Meat

How to Make Vegan Miso Mayo

I included this paragraph because it’s part of my usual post format, but I really didn’t need to. This recipe is made by putting all the ingredients in a blender and blending. There aren’t really any tips or tricks, and I can’t think of any questions that might need clarification- let me know if you have any, but otherwise just consider this paragraph a bit of a waste of space. If you’re wondering why I bothered writing this at all, it’s mostly because of SEO and the need to have content of a certain length to be relevant. Here’s a little more about that for you, or you can just skip this section like you likely already have and just make the darn mayo.