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Here are a few quirky kitchen tips that you may not know about
Kitchen Cleaning Tips
- Clean your oven racks in the bathtub.
- If you have stored onions in a container and it now smells soak some newspaper in the container and soon it will remove the smell.
- To remove food stains from plastic containers, soak the container with a denature tablet, will be like new in no time!!
- When measuring ingredients like honey spray your cup or spoon with cooking spray first, then it will slide out and easy clean up.
- Your kitchen sponge needs to be cleaned regularly. When your next turning on the dishwasher put your sponge in as well. The hot water will kill the nasty germs.
- To remove limescale from your kettle element place 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water (use enough water to cover the element) and boil for 10 minutes. Wait until the water is cool, then give it a rinse. Tips on how to clean your kettle here.
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Denture tablets also work well for the toilet bowl
really, love it, they are handy for a few things!!
Great tips- my pantry needs as much help as it can get!
PS- Thanks for the linky love- linked ya back!
anytime 😉 I've taken photo's of the pantry just have to write up the post, hopefully tonight so it's ready to read tomorrow
Ha ha…I just did mine, looking forward to seeing and reading your hints.
The kitchen is always a great start!!
Great tips
Going to use for my kitchen cleaning for sure .
thanks a lot sharing your great cleaning ideass and tips over here
Great tips! I’m going to try the oven cleaning tips… I put my dishwashing brushes in the dishwasher…. never thought to do the same with the sponges! 🙂 Great!
I never thought to put my sponge in the dishwasher! Thank-you. I normally just throw them away (gets costly). Will try the oven rack & napi-san this weekend! I use one of those BBQ lining mats in the bottom of my oven, so the oven is always clean and i just pop the mat out and wash off in warm soapy water (trick my uncle told me). Makes cleaning the oven so much easier.
Great ideas, thanks!! I also put my sponges/washcloths in the microwave for about 20 seconds, that kills all the germs as well…i put them in damp.
I do this too.
I cut my scourer sponges in half before I use them. It works out much more economical!
That’s a great idea, as I find I usually fold them over so they are easier to handle!
This is not really a reply 🙂 your Honey biscuit’s, although delicious, the mixture is always very dry, and no way can I roll it into Balls, what am I doing wrong?
Hi Jan, I’ve made them a few times and the recipe works for me, I squeeze them into balls and they turn out delicious, perhaps add more milk, a tablespoon at a time?
Halved lemon or lime in the kettle also works wonders!
Heard a tip that you can put the dishcloth in the microwave to kill the bugs & germs on it too. Wet it and stick it in the microwave for a minute! Germs be gone! 🙂
that’s a great tip Danielle!!
A great way to clean your kettle is to cut a lemon in half, place both halves in the kettle, fill with water and boil it. It removes all the build up from inside, without chemicals. Pour the lemon and water out, rinse the kettle and you’re done 🙂
Once you’ve tried this, you won’t do it any other way….
That’s a really great tip I’m going to give it a go myself!
Another oven rack cleaning tip is if you have a large laundry tub, is to try lining it with foil (shiny side up) then placing your oven racks in. Sprinkle with napisan fill the tub until the racks are submerged and leave overnight. Wipe off clean in the morning.
I want to clean the mesh above my Daughter’s exhaust fan…..can you give me any tips please. The mesh does come off in two pieces so I can soak if necessary.
I don’t know if your mesh is metal like mine. but I always stick mine in the dishwasher. Comes out good as new!!!
What is a denature tablet and what is napisan?
Love the tips.
Denture tablets can be found in the toothpaste isle, it to clean teeth for the elderly mostly. Napisan is in the laundry section, I use it to help brighten whites
A easy way to clean microwave is place a cup of water and a squirrel if washing up liquid on high for 30 secs…everything just wipes off after that!
ooh Katie, I had a giggle, do you mean a squirt of washing up liquid? 😛 This is a great tip, very easy, thank you 🙂
Ha ha I did the kettle with lemon halves last night. Came up brand new !!!! Such a good tip.
easy peasy, glad you liked it!
I also did my kettle yesterday with the lemon halves. Great.
Glad you liked it Ruth 🙂
Hi Katrina, Great tips. I believe these tips will make the kitchen cleaning very easy. Thanks
You are so very welcome. Hope my tips help! Kat x