Natural Healthy Mama

I’ve become quite devoted to cleaning with vinegar!  My standard household cleanser is 50% white vinegar, 50% water — and it works!   I sometimes add a squirt of liquid dish soap and that gets out just about every disgusting thing my kids put on any surface.

Another use I’ve head a bit about is using it as a wash for produce.  Of course organic produce is your best bet for avoiding pesticides — but sometimes there isn’t much choice.  My recent Aldi trip of course yielded no organic apples, and on my trip to the “real” grocery store I was disappointed to find only GREEN organic apples.  Needless to say, green apples are UNACCEPTABLE!!!   Ugh.  So, of course one always has a choice (get it or don’t get it!) — but knowing how to mitigate the presence of pesticides gives you yet another option when making a choice between conventional and organic produce.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/20/vinegar-as-non-toxic-cleaner.aspx?e_cid=20120820_DNL_artNew_1

This article suggests a 1:9 ratio of white vinegar and water, and soaking and rinsing your produce (not delicate berries!).  I hear tell that also keeps things fresher longer.