Quick Tip Tuesday: Get Baking Soda Clean

True confession: I make messes in the kitchen. Big messes, like "did a bomb go off in here" type messes. It doesn't help that our little one has started eating "people food" and her table manners aren't exactly on point.

 

(This is pre-mess, I assure you!)

 Usually cleaning dishes and wiping counters gets our kitchen back in pretty good shape but every once in a while I'll stain our counter tops with coffee, tea, black beans, or even pink lemonade...

Oops! Not pretty. Our laminate counters seem to soak up stains like a sponge and not even bleach will do the trick. I hate to use bleach at all but especially on food prep surfaces, so I was thrilled when I discovered a cheap and stunningly easy solution... Baking soda! 

Sprinkle a little on the stained area...

Scrub a lite with a wet cloth (I used hot water, not sure that matters though!), and voila!

Good as new! This works on old stains and new, and on all sorts of surfaces! Baking soda is also great at scrubbing burned rice from the bottom of pots and burned cookies from cookie sheets (don't ask me how I know that!). I now keep a little container of baking soda by the sink and it truly comes in handy for all sorts of messes.

Thanks for checking in for this week's quick tip, I hope you can put it to use in your kitchen!

xo Allison