Green Oven Cleaning

You can clean your oven without being exposed to nauseating fumes. Below are two recipes for scrubbing the oven. The first is a recipe used to occasionally maintain a clean oven. The second is for ovens that have been neglected.

Easy Oven Cleaner

• 2 Tablespoons baking soda
• 2 Tablespoons liquid castile soap
• 10 drops of orange essential oil
• 1/2 cup hot water

1. Heat the oven to 200 degrees, then shut it off.
2. Combine all the ingredients in a spray bottle and shake.
3. Spray on the oven walls and wait 20 minutes. Wipe clean and rinse well.

Super Oven Cleaner

• water
• 10 drops of orange essential oil
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 1/4 baking soda
• 2 teaspoons liquid castile soap
• 1/4 cup vinegar

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees, then shut it off.
2. Combine the 1/4 cup of water and oil in a spray bottle. Shake it well and spray it all over the oven. 
3. Combine the 1/4 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of baking soda and sprinkle it all over the oven. Sprinkle extra where you see burnt on food.
4. Mix 1/4 cup water with 3/4 cup of baking soda, 1/4 cup of salt and the castile soap. Spread this paste on the walls of the oven. Let it sit overnight.
5. Combine 1/2 cup of water with 1/4 cup vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray all over the oven. (When you spray vinegar on baking soda it will foam.) Wipe clean and rinse well. Use a scrub brush to loosen any stubborn spots.