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.
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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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annie mohsin says
Great tip Stacie! I would like to add that when you’re done cleaning the microwave, don’t toss the lemon slices in the trash! Instead, dump them in your sink’s garbage disposal and give it a few good whirls. A clean microwave AND a clean smelling garbage disposal in one day! Win Win!!! 🙂
Amy says
Double duty: pour the liquid, two lemon slices and some ice cubes down your sink garbage disposal and run for 5-10 seconds. Cleans the disposal and leaves a fresh lemony smell!
Olivia Payne says
If I don’t have any lemons, could I use either a lime or perhaps lemon juice?!
Stacie says
Use 2 tablespoons of lemon juice instead of the lemon itself.
Lisa says
this worked like a charm! thank you. 🙂
Marthe says
Awesome tip! Just had my 13 yr old do it since it’s her job to clean up the kitchen (when you think you’re a grown up you get “grown-up” responsibilities 😉 ). She could get other things done meanwhile it was microwaving… and now my microwave is clean and smells great! Bonus: the smell permeated throughout my kitchen and main living areas 😀