Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Healthy for the Holidays!

Who loves the holidays?  I know I do.  Besides Halloween, Christmas is my most favorite time of year!  This is probably because it gives me an excuse to bake to my hearts content.  During Christmas there is no excuse needed for showing up with a tin of cookies or a pot of homemade dulce de leche (it's my current obsession).  The foodie in me delights.  The cleaning lady in me cringes slightly as all of those hugs and handshakes means germs are flying around like no ones business.  To help you get through your holiday season (whenever that might be) health intact, here are a few green and clean suggestions:

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Deep Clean: Ovens

Oh goodness, who enjoys cleaning out the oven?  All that stuck on gunk that has been baked over and over and over again.  Let's be honest, how often do you clean out your over?  If you are the average person then probably not very often.  Well it's time for penance and that penance is called elbow grease.  Oh yes, you heard me, because with my deep oven cleaning there are no toxic oven sprays allowed.  This is the green and clean method.

Shall we begin?

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Deep Clean: Oven Stove Top

Dinner is finished.  You grab your damp rag and give the stovetop a haphazard wipedown.  Looks pretty clean and it is time for dessert!  Most of the time I think that is a perfectly fine after-dinner routine.  Every once in a while (maybe once a week?) though your stove top really needs a good solid clean.  Here is how to do it.

Monday, November 14, 2011

The Dirty: Black Mold

The unwanted intruder, creeping in behind your walls until one day - the tell-tale sign - a mass of tiny black dots.  Ugh!  Black mold.  It definitely looks gross but even grosser is what it does to the health of people who live with it.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Secret: Frequent cleaning is...

green cleaning.  I was contemplating cleaning the other day (yes I do that a lot) and I think it is accurate to say that to clean more often is to clean greener.  I came to this conclusion while looking at the grout in my own shower stall.  It is a classic example of this truth.

Friday, November 4, 2011

The Golden Rule: Toilets

You make the smear, you wipe it clear.  Seriously this is a lesson that every parent should teach their child during potty training.  Wipe, flush, check, clean.  Everyone's happy.