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Non-Toxic Oven Cleaner

Non-Toxic Oven Cleaner

You don’t have to use toxic commercial cleaners that can contaminate your food to clean your oven. There is a better way!

Commercial oven cleaners is very hard to rinse and the taste of it gets into food. Yum: Roast turkey a la Oven Cleaner. Many also get headaches when using commercial products.

Believe it or not, you can clean your oven safely with nothing
but baking soda and water. Give this a try, because it really works!

Most people can hardly believe that all I use for cleaning the oven is baking soda and water, and that the project requires no scrubbing. I suppose we have all been so brainwashed by household products companies that we mistakenly believe we require powerful chemicals for cleaning. But most people don’t know that simple household minerals such as baking soda can clean like magic. The key is using enough of the mineral.

To clean my oven, I sprinkle baking soda all over the bottom until it is covered completely with about 1/4 of an inch of baking soda. Then, using a clean spray bottle, I spray the baking soda with water until the baking soda is thoroughly damp but not flooded. After that, this lazy cleaner goes off and does other things. When I think of it, I dampen the baking soda again if it is drying out. Before I go to bed, I do that again. When I wake up in the morning, the baking soda can effortlessly be scooped out of the oven with a sponge, bringing all the grime with it. That’s it! The only downside is that you need to rinse out the white residue left by the baking soda, but it sure beats Turkey à La Oven Cleaner because there are no fumes!

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By Annie B. Bond

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Annie B. Bond

Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).

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Natural living has reached the mainstream: we are now far more concerned about the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the chemicals that surround us, and recognize that government regulations all too often fall short of safeguarding our health. Enter Annie Berthold-Bond, whose Better Basics for the Home is a compendium of practical information -- recipes, tips, and guidelines -- for creating a simpler, cheaper and environmentally safer lifestyle.buy now

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7:29AM PST on Jan 28, 2013

Thank you for the interesting article. It is greener than toxic fumes of oven cleaners and Mother Earth is smiling upon you.

1:02PM PST on Jan 4, 2013

Thank you... I am going to try this!!!

3:22PM PST on Jan 2, 2013

thanks

2:43AM PST on Jan 2, 2013

Thanks - will try this.

5:48PM PST on Jan 1, 2013

It's a good time to try this.

11:42AM PST on Dec 23, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

4:36PM PST on Dec 18, 2012

Thanks. Baking soda works wonders.

5:34AM PDT on Aug 31, 2012

baking soda what else the miracle cleaner

11:29AM PDT on Mar 12, 2012

I have never thought of using baking soda to clean my oven. It makes perfect sense though, baking soda is used in my house for a lot of things. I guess this is just one more to add to the list of useful house cleaning tips. Thanks for posting.

5:18AM PST on Feb 6, 2012

I going to try this, and sounds so simple!

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