Monday, April 27, 2009

Nasty Microwave

No one likes cleaning out their microwave. Especially because most of us only do it once a month and by then its encrusted with spaghetti sauce, cheese and who knows what else. But there is an easy way to do this without scrubbing and scrubbing, ending up with sore fingertips.
Take a microwave safe bowl and fill with 2 cups of water. Put either 1/2 cup of vinegar or 1 lemon sliced in the water (lemon smells better but I usually don't have any on hand). Cook for 5 minutes. Condensation is now built up over the inside and the steam has loosened your gunk! Remove the bowl and wipe clean with washcloth or sponge. Its totally easy and no more scrubbing!
HINT: Using bleach or cleaning products in your microwave is not a good idea because when you warm other items the condensation can drip from the top into your food. Who wants to eat bleach or lysol! NASTY!
Hope you all enjoy cleaning out your microwave!

3 comments:

Jessi said...

wow! What a good tip!

Missy said...

What a great tip and perfect timing given the nasty cheese stuck to the top of my micro! My family thanks you!

Meg said...

This is AWESOME!! Works like a charm!! Isn't my cousin smart!