Hey all! Just wanted to tell you about a tiny cleaning adventure I took yesterday.
My microwave.
You know that box that you throw every sort of food or beverage into and it comes out hot? The contraption that heats up your food but sprays food and grease everywhere in the process? Yep. That one.
I am guilty of rarely cleaning my microwave but it was getting super gross.
I'm sure some of you will look at the picture and say "Ummm, Roz, mine is WAY worse." Well this is just the post for you!
I realized that I hadn't cleaned my microwave in about 6 months. It had a few food chunks that you can sort of see way in the back and I'm pretty sure one of them was molding. How sanitary.
So, I decided it was time to give it a good clean and after a little research found a method that sounded nice and easy with minimal grunt work. All it required was a bowl, some water, a little white vinegar, some lemon oil, and a sponge. I didn't have any lemon in the house so I went without and it still worked like a charm!
All you do is fill a bowl with water, add a couple tablespoons of vinegar and the lemon oil (if you have it) and throw it in the microwave. Run the microwave for 5 minutes. It causes the water to boil so steam fills up the inside of your microwave. My understanding is that the water is there to produce the steam (this is the most important part!) and the vinegar acts as a deodorizer. The lemon helps with the stink of the vinegar and probably helps cut the grease a little, but I did just fine without it.
Be careful when you first remove the bowl afterwards as it's super hot! I let mine sit for a few minutes to cool down and then used that same water to wet and rinse my sponge. Everything wiped off SO easily. It was amazing!
I'm telling you - if you have been putting off cleaning your microwave because it seems like a daunting task, just do it! It will seriously take you less than 10 minutes and that's taking into account the 5 minutes of running the microwave.
Voila!
Happy cleaning :)
My microwave.
You know that box that you throw every sort of food or beverage into and it comes out hot? The contraption that heats up your food but sprays food and grease everywhere in the process? Yep. That one.
I am guilty of rarely cleaning my microwave but it was getting super gross.
I'm sure some of you will look at the picture and say "Ummm, Roz, mine is WAY worse." Well this is just the post for you!
I realized that I hadn't cleaned my microwave in about 6 months. It had a few food chunks that you can sort of see way in the back and I'm pretty sure one of them was molding. How sanitary.
So, I decided it was time to give it a good clean and after a little research found a method that sounded nice and easy with minimal grunt work. All it required was a bowl, some water, a little white vinegar, some lemon oil, and a sponge. I didn't have any lemon in the house so I went without and it still worked like a charm!
All you do is fill a bowl with water, add a couple tablespoons of vinegar and the lemon oil (if you have it) and throw it in the microwave. Run the microwave for 5 minutes. It causes the water to boil so steam fills up the inside of your microwave. My understanding is that the water is there to produce the steam (this is the most important part!) and the vinegar acts as a deodorizer. The lemon helps with the stink of the vinegar and probably helps cut the grease a little, but I did just fine without it.
Be careful when you first remove the bowl afterwards as it's super hot! I let mine sit for a few minutes to cool down and then used that same water to wet and rinse my sponge. Everything wiped off SO easily. It was amazing!
I'm telling you - if you have been putting off cleaning your microwave because it seems like a daunting task, just do it! It will seriously take you less than 10 minutes and that's taking into account the 5 minutes of running the microwave.
Voila!
Happy cleaning :)
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