Cleaning Hacks That Will Make Christmas Cooking This Year So Much Fun

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Christmas time is undoubtedly the best time of the year. Not just because you get considerable time off work, but you also get to spend quality time with friends and family. It’s the reunion season. 

The yuletide season is often referred to as a time of sharing and caring and one Christmas tradition that has held up amongst many families is the tradition of sharing food. Whichever relatives’ house the family decides to congregate, always seeks to stuff everyone with as much great tasting food they can muster. So we all gather around and eat till we can’t move.

In my family, grills are most definitely a Christmas staple and so are smoothies and homemade fruit juice, but if you’ve ever done any of these, you’ll know just how difficult and annoying it is to clean up when you’re done. This is what many people think of that discourages them from totally cashing out on that Christmas enjoyment but keep reading, below is a list of cleaning hacks that will make it so much easier to try your favorite recipes today.

GRILL

It is important that you do a routine clean after every grill, but that seasonal complete grill clean is very important if you don’t want your food to have an ‘off’ flavor and that is the one most people hate. 

THE HACK:

The first thing is to try to clean your grill as soon as possible. letting your grill sit long especially after grilling meat will make it harder to clean because of the solidified fat and grime.

Also, consider using vinegar and baking soda to get the grime off faster. The ‘acid-base’ reaction is the reason baking soda and vinegar are cleaning partners in crime. Slathering a baking soda paste on your dirty grill and then splashing a little vinegar on it cuts through grease and leaves it gleaming. Alternatively, you can spray some vinegar on your grill grate, let it soak for a bit, then go in with your grill brush.

Remember to empty coal remains and ash if it’s a coal grill and take out the tray that collects drippings and grease in the case of a gas grill.

ELECTRIC BLENDER

Believe it or not, cleaning blenders have become my favorite chore since I found this one out. With this one, I don’t have to put my hands in anything I don’t want to and I don’t have to be mindful of the blades.

HACK

After using your blender, empty out its contents and fill it halfway with warm water. Add washing liquid and plug the jar or carafe into its base. Cover up your blender, power it, and let the blades clean themselves. You can change the water and repeat this process if it isn’t clean enough yet. Take a damp soapy sponge to the body of the jar to clean external stains.

TEA/ COFFEE STAINS

Not enough mugs to serve tea with those beautiful cookies you invested time to make or (buy) because you’re ashamed of the stains in your china? Well, fear not as this hack will resurrect all your crockery in the blink of an eye. 

HACK

Take a little baking soda, add vinegar to it, and make a paste. run this paste around in the cup and massage for a bit. You can also use a sponge if you please. Rinse with water and there you have it, Stain-free cups.

BLENDER BASE

Say, you’re making a puree and some of it spills out and unto the base of your blender, If it’s not a lot it’s quite easy to forget. After a while, there’s a buildup and it just needs to be cleaned. You can’t exactly toss it in water and you can’t have a sparkling carafe or jug and a filthy engine just lying around now can you?

HACK

Get an old toothbrush and put some paste on it. Dip it in water and use it to wash the base. Wipe with a cloth. The little bristles get in all the little crevices much easier than a sponge would. The preferred toothpaste for this would be Colgate.

BONUS HACK

In the spirit of Christmas, here’s some extra tip for you. Fill the bottle with half water and half vinegar, and splash in 15 drops of essential oils like mint, lemon, lavender, citronella, or eucalyptus. Spray the house or the porch liberally to chase away the bugs. A mix of salt and kerosene in a spray bottle also works.