More Kitchen Tips & Tricks

Keeping your kitchen clean and looking renewed is no small task. As one of the most popular rooms in the home, the kitchen deserves some extra attention to ensure that it is safe for food preparation and that it is a welcoming area for the family.

You may think that your dishwasher is always clean since you run it often to clean your dishes. This is not the case. This easy to make homemade dishwasher cleaner works well to eliminate gunk that has accumulated in the drain. Regularly removing food debris from the bottom of the tub is important, as is making up your own dishwasher cleaning solution. A mixture of baking soda, vinegar, peroxide, dish detergent, and essential oils run through the dishwasher keeps it fresh and clean and ready for your dirty dishes.

It can be frustrating to have ten different cleaners in your house and find one or two for dealing with a specific room. Why not make one powerful DIY all purpose cleaner to deal with most of the dirt and grime around the house? There are many recipes for homemade cleaners that take advantage of the natural cleaning power of Borax, Castile soap, vinegar, peroxide, and ammonia.

The kitchen sink, especially with the accompanying garbage disposal, can get nasty. Food particles lodge in the disposal and leave it smelly and unsanitary. How to unclog a kitchen sink depends on the material that it is made from, whether porcelain, copper, stainless steel, or something else. Make a “volcano” to deal with a clog with vinegar, hot water, and baking soda.