How to Clean Your Microwave without Scrubbing or Chemicals
I loathe cleaning the microwave. It’s a necessary evil because I can’t stand to see stuck on food in there. John likes to cook his eggs in the microwave when he is making egg sandwiches. It leaves such a mess! Today, I want to share a simple cleaning hack to get your microwave clean and fresh. The best part is that there is NO scrubbing or harsh chemicals required!
All you need to get rid of all that caked on food from the interior of your microwave is some lemon slices, a splash of vinegar and some water.
I normally use regular white vinegar, but ran out so I improvised with white wine vinegar. It worked fine.
Take your lemon slices and put them in a microwave safe bowl filled with water. Add a splash of vinegar.
Place the bowl in the microwave and cook on high for five minutes. I hate this picture below, but wanted to give you a before and after look.
Leave the bowl sit in the microwave for a few minutes after the five minutes are up. Then carefully remove the bowl and using a damp cloth, wipe the inside of the microwave. The previously stuck-on food should just slough off with little effort.
It’s now clean and fresh-smelling and done in under 10 minutes with very little effort on my part.
How do you clean your microwave?
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Great info!! Thanks 🙂
Hmm, will have to give it a try, my microwave needs to be cleaned
made a nice job of cleaning the microwave. I usually just use a cup of water to create steam and then wipe it out – works just fine too. The steam loosens everything. 🙂
oh my gos that is so cool!!! I have wasted many hours cleaning my microwave, now I will save so much time and can multi task at the same time the microwave is cleaning itself! Thanks so much for sharing!
I’m going to try this. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I needed this, I was only using the lemon but now I know it needs vinegar and H2O. Thanks!
I love my plate domes, I find I don’t need to clean the microwave as much!
Thank you for this tip and i have another for you. put a bowl fill with water and add baking soda, let it boil over and wipes out .
This is a great way to clean a microwave. Let the water vapor do the work. One safety caution to keep in mind: Leave the water bowl untouched for a few minutes after running the microwave. It does get hot and can burn if spilled.
Gonna so try this out!