Lemon is a handy kitchen cleaner as, many times, you will already have a lemon in your fridge. As such it will be cheap, easy and convenient to use. The acidity in a lemon is great for cutting through grime and grease, whilst the resulting smell is fresh and tangy.

If you mix fresh lemon juice with pure soap and hot water you will have an eco-friendly cleaner which is good value, suitable for most surfaces and will fight grease with a vengeance. You will need to rinse away after cleaning though with clear, fresh water. If the surfaces are particularly dirty you should increase the ratio of lemon and soap, to the amount water.

By dissolving a small amount of baking soda into a spray full of hot water you can make a quick, easy and cheap air freshener. Just add a small spoonful of fresh lemon juice to the mixture and spray into your room. This should erase nasty smells and not just mask them. The overall effect afterward will be fresh and clean not overly flowery as some fresh air sprays are.

Pure lemon juice left to soak onto bathroom rust, for about 30 minutes, will lift it incredibly well. There are many more ways to use lemon juice as it is pretty much a universal cleaner. After all lemon juice is a citrus fruit, and one which acts as an acid in removing stains. Salt and lemon juice work particularly well together. These two cheap and convenient ingredients mix Read the rest of this entry

White distilled vinegar is a great green way to keep the kitchen sparkling clean. Because of it’s high acidity level it is effective in killing most mold, bacteria and germs. It is a way to avoid harsh chemicals and can use as a base in many different ways. It is a fairly inexpensive method of cleaning as well.

~Creamy Scouring Cleanser

This creamy scoring cleanser can help with all sorts of spills and splatters. Take 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 tablespoon of liquid dish detergent and then just enough white distilled vinegar to make the texture smooth and creamy.

~The Stove

Vinegar is a great way to dissolve grease and spills in the oven. Put the white distilled vinegar in a spray bottle and saturate the door, walls and floor of the oven. Allow it to sit for 15 minutes and wipe out the grease and grime.

~The Microwave

This is a great little trick for all those microwave splatters. Put 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of white distilled vinegar in a microwave safe bowl. Bring it to a rolling bowl and then allow it it sit for five minutes. Baked on splatters should be easy to wipe clean and all the odors will be gone.

~The Dishwasher

Pour 1 cup of vinegar in the bottom of the empty machine. Run it through a complete cycle and the residue will dissipate and the smells will be gone.

~The Chrome

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Keeping your kitchen clean is an easy job if you organize everything. Like the old saying “a place for everything and everything in its place.” If you have small children or even teenagers labeling where everything goes might keep everything organized. With children anyplace is the right place so with labeling they will always know where the utensils belong. This doesn’t mean to become anal about the placements of your kitchen items we really don’t want to annihilate the people we are trying to enlist to help.

Another trick is that when you are preparing a meal clean as you go, that way after the meal is ended when you really don’t feel like cleaning most of the work is already done. Having a bowl for scraps and trash as you cook will keep your counter clean and soaking the pots and pans will also make cleaning easier.

After the meal while you are wrapping and putting the leftovers away make sure you put your dishes in the hot soapy water. Dishes are easier to wash if food isn’t stuck to them. If you really want to make clean-up easier delegate the responsibility of the dishes to other members of the family. It’s everyone responsibility to ensure that the house stays clean.

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For your kitchen accessories simple tricks can make your cleaning easy and without too much effort. As an expertise says “having the right tools makes any job easier.”

Kitchen is one of the busiest places at your home, you need to maintain its cleanliness to make your family enjoy their meals, as well as for you while cooking. Below are some basic steps on how to clean your kitchen accessories;

 

• Have sponges for each task, such as for washing dishes and for wiping counters or other appliances like refrigerator and stoves. Sterilize your sponge, or make it clean before and after with soap and water.
• For scrubbing your counter, or stove start with a mild cleanser (baking soda will do the work), then work up to stronger chemical varieties. Lemon and distilled white vinegar help deodorize.
• Maintain freshness by disposing expired items. However, while buying food at grocery store, consumers should look out for the expiration date especially on perishable products like dairy products and vegetables. Some departmental stores, their vegetables packed in a plastic covers without any expiry dates printed on Read the rest of this entry