Quick kitchen tips

Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy can be easy if you follow these energy and time-saving tips.

Stainless steel appliances are a magnet for fingerprints, aren’t they? Put a little baby oil on a clean, soft cloth, and run it over the surfaces. Those prints should lift right off.

Having trouble cleaning under your appliances? Instead of picking them up and moving them and then putting them back (which can be a pain if they are heavy or awkward), you can clean under them using a stick. How? Pull an old sock over the stick, and then run it underneath.

Clean your microwave with ease by boiling a cup of water in it first. Why? Because the steam from the water condenses on the walls, loosening the cakedon food. This makes it easy to wipe it off. This same trick actually works pretty well in the oven.

Tired of the smell of your trash bin? Toss a dryer sheet on the bottom before you add your next bag, and you should get a fresher smell.

Disinfect sponges in the microwave. Where do you think most of the germs in your kitchen call home? Probably your dish sponges. One way you can lengthen the life of your sponges and keep them safe and clean is by zapping the germs in the microwave. Just put them inside on high for two minutes and that should be enough to kill the majority of the germs (just make sure you never do this with a sponge that contains metal).

(eHow)