Kitchen Tip: Use Baking Soda to Clean Ceramic & Glass

When I learned to make bone broths in my ceramic slow cooker, and started baking paleo (grain-free) breads, and then started the GAPS diet where I cannot use my normal oils, I noticed that there was a lot more cooked on, baked on residue that was tough to remove. Baking soda came ot my rescue. Here are two ways to use it:

1. Soak any pyrex, glass or ceramic pans that have some burnt on residue in a 1 to 3 part solution baking soda to water for an hour or two. For really tough sticky situations, rub straight baking soda on the residue and let it sit for an hour. Then wash the dish, it should come right off.

2. Use baking soda as a mild abrasive rather than a steel wool pad or other abrasive item. Baking soda is gentler to your pans, and less toxic to you.

~Elisabeth