9 Handy Dish Washing Hacks

Today I’d like to share with you a few small adjustments to your routine, you can easily cut your dishwashing time in half and help make washing process quick and efficient.

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Rather than waiting to clean up after your dinner, start cleaning as you cook. While you're waiting for water to boil, immediately wash off measuring cups and mixing bowls along with cooking utensils. As soon as you're done using a pot or pan, scrape it off with a rubber spatula and quickly soak it in hot water. By the time you're done eating, the hot water will have loosened the excess food, making it easy to clean off.

Cleaning dingy silverware doesn't need to be a problem. To ensure your silverware is sparkling, line a cake pan with aluminum foil and fill pan with water. Add 1 tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate per two cups of water. Heat water to 150 degrees in the oven and lay silverware in pan, making sure it's touching the aluminum foil.

While soda may possibly stain your teeth or clothes, it does exactly the opposite for your pots and pans. The best-kept secret is using Coke to remove burnt stains from pots. Pour in the pop, let it sit overnight and the stains practically wipe off.

Slow cookers are notoriously hard to clean. However, there's an easy way to get them spotless: remove the food from your slow cooker, fill it with soapy water, and turn the machine on low for an hour to get off any hard-to-clean messes. When you're done, let the slow cooker cool and use baking soda on a clean sponge to get rid of any remaining residue.

Instead of placing your sponges flat on the side of your sink or soap dish, where they'll sit in their own bacteria-filled water and never get fully dry, use a clothespin to keep them upright as they dry.

Have a glass coffee pot that's looking worse for wear? I recommend putting a little bit of dishwashing detergent in the bottom of the pot and running hot water through the machine. Let the combination sit for an hour or so and, when you're ready to pour it out, any old coffee stains will go down the drain with it.

Use a handful of salt and half a lemon to get those wooden cutting boards clean and fresh. After rinsing your board with warm water, rub the salt over the board in concentric circles using the lemon as a buffer. When you're done, give it another hot-water rinse and put it in the dish rack to dry.

Just a little bit of vinegar can go a long way when it comes to getting tough stains out of your cookware. If you have a stain on the bottom of a pan, boiling vinegar will remove it.