Over 66% of Americans claim to clean their kitchen, or at least parts of it, a couple times per week. That’s a good thing since there are tons of germs that like to call kitchen their home, including unsuspecting places like your ice and water dispenser. Think about it, are your hands, outside of your water bottle and cups always cleaned before touching that area? Where has your water bottle been?
As we continue the Healthy Home Series, we’re starting to go room by room to give some natural solution recipes to help you ditch the toxic and chemical filled products that you may be using and show you how easy it is to do it yourself, even if you’re not a huge fan of DIYs. Let’s utilize the power of natural and nature! This week I’ve got some common cleaning recipes for the kitchen:
DISHWASHER TABS
• 1 cup baking soda
• ¼ cup citric acid
• 1 tbsp dōTERRA On Guard® Cleaner Concentrate or Castile Soap
• 5 drops Grapefruit essential oil (or any citrus)
DIRECTIONS:
Put baking soda, dōTERRA On Guard® Cleaner Concentrate (or Castile soap), and Grapefruit
oil in a bowl and mix together until the mixture is an even consistency. Slowly mix in Citric Acid, you are looking for the texture of wet sand. Once mixed well, place in silicon molds and let sit for four hours.
Remove tabs and store in an airtight container.
Use in dishwasher in place of store-bought dishwasher tablets.
Tip: Adding one cup white vinegar to the rinsing agent compartment in your dishwasher will
help ensure that your glassware comes out of the dishwasher sparkling!
DISH SOAP
• 2 cups unscented castile soap
• 30-34 drops essential oils
option 1: 20 drops Lime, 8 drops Lemon and 6 drops Citrus Bliss®
option 2: 20 drops Wild Orange or On Guard® essential oil and 10 drops Lemon
option 3: use essential oils that you enjoy, citrus are invograting and cleansing
DIRECTIONS:
Fill a large, clean glass bottle with castle soap. Add you choice of essential oils and shake.
Add 1-2 tablespoons to dish water for use.
Tip: If you would like to have extra bubbles add 1/4 cup liquid glycerin.
FRUIT & VEGETABLE WASH
Option 1: 8oz Spray
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 10 drops Lemon essential oil
• Fill the rest of your 8oz spray bottle with with distilled water
Spray fruits and veggies as needed.
Option 2: Produce Soak
• Fill sink or bowl with water
• Add 3-5 drops of Lemon essential oil
• Add 3-4 pumps of doTERRA On Guard® Foaming Hand Wash
Let produce soak for 5-10 minutes, and rinse clean.
Tip: Allow produce to air dry, or use a salad spinner for greens.
DISPOSAL REFRESHER
• 2 cups of baking soda
• 1 cup salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup unscented castile soap
• 30 drops of Lemon essential oil
DIRECTIONS
In a bowl, combine baking soda, salt, castile soap and essential oil. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time, while stirring until it becomes the consistency of "damp sand." Scoop a tablespoon of mixture onto parchment paper and let dry until hardened. Store in a glass, airtight jar.
Tip: Use a silicone mold if you want a shape.
DIY WIPES
Option 1: Disposbale
• 1 roll premium paper towels
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 tbsp Fractionated Coconut Oil (FCO)
• 5 drops doTERRA On Guard® essential oil
• Old t-shirts cut it up into “rag-size” cloths.
1/8 cup (or 1 ounce) liquid castile soap or On Guard® Protective Blend Cleaning
Concentrate
Option 2: Reusable
• Old t-shirts cut it up into “rag-size” pieces
• 1 cup warm distilled water
• 1/8 cup (or 1 ounce) liquid castile soap or doTERRA On Guard® Concentrate
• 5-10 drops of Purify® essential oil, Lemon or On Guard® essential oil
• Large Glass Jar
DIRECTIONS:
Mix all of your liquids well in the jar you plan to use. Place the rags into the jar with the liquid. Put the top on the jar (or whatever lidded container you prefer) and turn upside down a few times until all the rags are soaked. After being used, the cloths can be washed and returned to the jar to reuse over and over again.
CLOGGED DRAIN SOLUTION
• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 3 drops Wild Orange essential oil (or any citrus)
DIRECTIONS:
Drip 3 drops of essential oil down the drain followed by the baking soda and then the vinegar. Let sit for 15 minutes. Pour 2 cups boiling water down the drain, followed by cold water from the tap.
MICROWAVE CLEANER
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 2 cups hot water
• 15 drops Lemon essential oil (or any citrus)
DIRECTIONS:
Combine the ingredients in a glass spray bottle. Spray mixture inside the microwave, let sit for a few minutes, then wipe clean using a damp cloth.
STOVE AND OVEN CLEANER
• 1/2 cup baking soda
• 1 tbsp coarse salt
• 1/4 cup liquid dish soap (homemade or use doTERRA On Guard® Concentrate)
• 15 drops Lemon essential oil (or any citrus)
DIRECTIONS:
Combine the ingredients in a glass spray bottle. Spray mixture inside the microwave, let sit for a few minutes, then wipe clean using a damp cloth.
Happy Cleaning!
xoDanette