Cleaning

You've Been Cleaning Mussels All Wrong

Despite both being in shells, clams require slightly less effort to clean than their mussel counterpart.

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Here's How You Should Be Cleaning Your Stove Burners

It's the workhorse of any kitchen, almost taken for granted, so more often than not, skipping the stove on cleaning day isn't surprising at all.

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Make Sure To Do This When Cleaning An Electric Stove

Electric stoves aren't hard to clean if you know the basics. However, simply turning the heat up all the way to burn off the grime won't be enough.

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Avoid This Mistake When Cleaning Zucchini

There’s a lot of incredible dishes you can make using zucchini. However, when you’re prepping it, you need to take great care to avoid this common mistake.

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Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cleaning The Fridge

Cleaning the refrigerator is quite an undertaking. You never know just what you will find or how far past its expiration date it might be. Cleaning it incorrectly makes it worse. Luckily, we have some tips that may help you avoid mistakes we all make when cleaning the refrigerator.

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Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cleaning Kitchen Counters

Cleaning your kitchen counters is probably something you do at least every day, if not multiple times a day. But if you aren't doing it right, you might not be cleaning your counters as well as you think you are, no matter how many times you wipe them down, and you could even end up damaging them.

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Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cleaning Glass Stovetops

A big problem with cleaning glass stovetops is it's tempting to just treat them like the rest of your countertops, but your stovetop needs different cleaning supplies in order to stay in tip-top shape. Once you know which mistakes to avoid, a glass stovetop can be easy to care for.

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You've Been Cleaning Lettuce Wrong This Whole Time

Washing lettuce probably isn't anyone's favorite kitchen chore - it can be tough to hit all of its little crevices and make sure it actually gets clean. While there's not really any way around it, there are methods for washing your lettuce that are better than others.

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What You Should Know Before Using A Self-Cleaning Oven

There's more to self-cleaning ovens than magical self-washing. What "self-cleaning" usually means is actually, well — burning. With temperatures upwards of 900 degrees Fahrenheit, an oven on its "self-cleaning" setting simply uses high temperatures to clean grime off.

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You've Been Cleaning Your Waffle Maker Wrong This Whole Time

As heavenly as homemade waffles sound, there is definitely one catch that can make things trickier for most of us: cleaning the waffle maker after we're done making our delicious waffles. Fortunately, there are a few ways out that will make this task less nightmarish.

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This Dishwasher Hack Is A Serious Game Changer

The modern-day dishwasher has made life easier. However, plastic containers have been bullied and battered during wash cycles, or worse, destroyed.

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You've Been Cleaning Your Grill All Wrong

Americans tend to get rid of our grills approximately every three years, but they are supposed to last anywhere from 5 to 15 years. That's madness! Properly maintaining your grill and keeping it clean will help eliminate this waste. But a lot of people are doing it wrong.

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Things You Should Never Put In Your Dishwasher

I learned the hard way that there are many kitchen items that aren't meant to go through the dishwasher. Here's what the experts have to say.

By Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH Read More