My frugalness for the day........

Well my old,old oven was sick (heating element went out). Dh was going to get a new element because that was WAY cheaper than a new Stove. My stove is very old, it has 2 drawers on the side for storage and one on the bottom. Anyway it was in GREAT need of cleaning. It of course is not self cleaning. So what better time to do it?!!! I was out of oven cleaner (which I hate to use because of my asthma). So I went to the net and googled (I love google...lol) homemade oven cleaner. I was directed to grandmas page...lol (dont know the exact link) This lady had several oven cleaning recipes. Since mine was so bad (seriously I had not cleaned it in months) I went for the one that was for tough stains. Well guess what I discovered it worked REALLY well!! I was shocked that such simple things really cleaned it well. I am talking baked on ick!!! Here is a few of the recipes I found. The first one is the one I used....ENJOY!!!

5 Tsp. baking soda
3 drops of dish liquid (I had Palmolive)
4 Tsp White vinegar

I made several batches because I had a big surface to cover. I poured it in the bottom and rubbed it on the sides and top. I let it set for a few minutes and then wiped it clean!!! I loved this because I could breath and it was cheep, easy and worked!!!

Here is another one (I have not tried)
1 Tsp Dish liquid
1 Tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 Tsp Bleach
1 qt warm water

It said this is for tough jobs but like I said I tried the other one first and it worked. I did not want to try this one first due to the bleach but thought I would share it. Enjoy Frugal ladies!!!

Karen