How To Clean Your Microwave Easily Using Natural Ingredients (Efficient Home Tips)

For this week's How-To, I'm sharing a household tip you’ve requested: cleaning the microwave. Hidden away and seldom used in my own kitchen, it hasn't been cleaned for a while, so we’re going to tackle it together.
Using only water, distilled white vinegar and the juice of half a lemon, my method effectively loosens grease and grime making cleaning straightforward. Plus, white vinegar is non-toxic and far friendlier to the environment - not to mention you’ll save your pennies!
For more homemaking tips, including cleaning schedules and home management, check out my Efficient Home Course linked below. It’s evergreen, which means you can take the course at your own pace, and it’s filled to the brim with everything you and your family need to keep the home in ship shape.
Please do reach out if there are any other household tips you'd like to see from me!
Love, Charlie x
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[@justineallen7047]

Thank you so much Charlie. We have a built in microwave which I hate but it was in desperate need of a good clean. Your tricks and tips worked wonders! It’s sparkling!

[@1976shoegal]

Thank you Charlie for these valuable tips ❤ we have had our microwave for 23 years! We very rarely use it too, just to heat things up occasionally. I usually cover dishes with kitchen roll to prevent food spitting. I shall use your tip with the lemon, water & vinegar. Thank you! ❤

[@martinageason731]

Thankyou! Tried this and it works perfectly. I had tried other formulas before but they didn’t work as well. I think 1/2 a lemon (and not a squeeze or 1/4 in other formulations) makes all the difference! ❤❤❤❤

[@ask.charlie]

It does the job doesn’t it! X

[@user-yk2gs7hy3u]

I agree about clingfilm. I don't use it at all anymore. Thank you for the cleaning tips.

[@ask.charlie]

Interesting that you feel the same about it x

[@virginia8993]

Hi Charlie, another great video I love ❤household tips 😊
Like you I hardly use my microwave and would happily get rid of it but my husband loves to heat up his milk for his coffee in it, really dislike clingfilm too xx

[@ask.charlie]

So pleased it’s not just me with the cling film thing! Xx

[@JanetLothrop]

I cover my bowls with paper towels to prevent spills as I'm anti-plastic too. White vinegar is perfect for getting bad smells out of the microwave, especially when your child makes microwave popcorn and burns the heck out of it - vinegar was a lifesaver!

[@ask.charlie]

Great tips thanks Janet xx

[@louisesouthgate5231]

Thanks Charlie, a great help. ❤ I always put the glass plate in the dishwasher, which cleans it up nicely. x

[@ask.charlie]

That’s a great tip thank you x

[@michellegodfrey2219]

#Tiptuesday ❤thank you 🐚I use a piece of kitchen roll sometimes to put on top .

[@Suze69]

Hi Charlie. Could you please, oh please, show us how you clean your Aga? The top of yours looks pristine. You don’t switch yours off to clean it? The dust wipes off ours but then stubborn things remain and cleaning fluids just dry immediately. Thank you 😊.

[@ask.charlie]

Sure I can do, I have got a few Aga cleaning videos on here but I can film a what I do every week video xx

[@janestevens9973]

I buy the cheap thin silicone baking sheets from Poundland or similar. I cut them into the appropriate size circles to cover the dish. Easily washed and reused. Also use for lining cake tins

[@ask.charlie]

Great idea Jane thanks for sharing x

[@moniquecunningham762]

Great tip, I also dislike cling film terrible stuff. I hardly use my microwave, I've got a plastic microwave cover which helps when you have exploding baked beans 😂❤

[@lydiabailey9066]

Micro waves are perfectly harmless- my son had just finished a science degree & totally changed my opinion of them. However- I wouldn’t use cling film in one either. Plastic is way more harmful than microwaves.

[@ask.charlie]

Thank you Lydia for letting us know x

[@paulineclare3941]

I love your cardigan Charlie, where did you get it from. The colour is fab. x

[@ask.charlie]

Thank you it’s from Lilou Collection

[@katie7382]

So very helpful,
Thankyou Charlie 💛Xx

[@ask.charlie]

You're so welcome! Thanks Katie xxx

[@AmandaAbul-McCoy]

Please can i have the link to your cleaning gides, I can’t seem to se it?
Thank you 😊

[@lkhawkins4482]

I have never used cling film in the microwave. The microwave does not get much use here, either.

[@ask.charlie]

I could easily do without it xx

[@AmandaAbul-McCoy]

Please can i have the link to your cleaning gides, I can’t seem to se it?
Thank you 😊

[@ask.charlie]

It’s on my website in the shop section x