SOS bad cooking smells

We cook delicious dishes, share meals, laugh, live... but the kitchen can become a genuine bad smell factory! Between the cooking stench and risky areas, we have natural and 100% healthy tricks for an air that is both pure and nice to breath in.

You boiled a few cauliflower florets or fried some zucchini? The meal will be delicious but the smell from its preparation is not. Begin with cleaning the room and opening some windows. If it is really cold out or the smell just won’t go away, boil a bit of white vinegar without covering the pot for a few minutes. If the vinegar’s acidity bothers you, replace it with water or pineapple juice with some herbs (thyme or rosemary, cinnamon stick, cloves, dried orange peels...).

Cheese lovers, melon lovers... no need to avoid your favourite smell foods! For a clean fridge, you need to clean it entirely every now and again but for daily maintaining, put some smell absorbents and neutralizer on the shelves: baking soda or coffee ground in a small dish – to change regularly –, or even half a lemon decorated with some cloves.

If a food with a stubborn smell took hold of your microwave, simply heat up some lemon juice inside for 30 seconds to 1 minute. It also works with a bowl of water and some essential oil drops (lemon, lavender, eucalyptus, tea tree...), by always respecting the respective precautionary measures.

Sometimes, the smell comes from the sink. Are you looking for a cheap, efficient and chemical-free solution? Stop throwing away your used coffee ground! Sprinkle it on top of the exhaust duct and slowly pour a rather large quantity of boiling water on top.

Finally, when the trash smells, the first (and the right) thing to do is to wash the trashcan and let it dry outside. For prevention, you can also as some baking soda at the bottom before adding a new trash bag. Other idea: cottons soaked in a bit of essential oils. Now you can breathe freely!