I guess this might be the start of a spring cleaning series of posts. I wanted to post my microwave clean up trick in response to a great question from Kara on the Range hood post. I have not tried goo gone on my microwave, but what I have tried is water. Yep, plain old tap water. Many of you probably already know this one, but if you don’t , YOU SHOULD!

Fill a mug about halfway with water. Microwave it until it boils, I usually do about 3 minutes. Pull out the mug and wipe with paper towels. The steam from the boiling water makes wiping all that gunk out a snap.

I have also heard others putting a slice of lemon or some lemon juice in the water to give it a nice fresh scent. I have not tried this one, but I want to.

Today, while my little one was having a snack, I decided to attack the range hood (You know that thing with the light and fan in it about the stove) with a much needed cleaning. I pulled out my trusty Lysol wipes, but they just weren’t getting the job done. They just kind of smeared the gunk around. I knew I did not have any degreaser on hand so I went on a search for something else to try. I came upon my goo gone (from the dollar store of course) and it was amazing.

Just a dab of it on a paper towel cleaned the whole hood (well the top of it at least, underneath is a whole other post!) in under a minute. I was very pleased that I was able to get something done before I heard “up” from the highchair. Yay for super fast chores!