Necessary Ingredients
The necessary ingredients needed to make the lavender vanilla dish powder are two to three vanilla beans,lavender essential oil, baking soda and sea salt. The reasons I choose to use these ingredients are because the vanilla beans create a soft sweet calming scent when mixed with the lavender, the lavender has antibacterial properties, which kills germs on dishes, and the baking soda and sea salt dissolve stuck on particles and grease from dishes well. Baking soda also helps deodorize dishes and is gentle on the hands. You can find all of these ingredients at your grocery store, but I purchase mine from my local whole food store because I like to use the aluminum free baking soda and organic ingredients free from preservatives, dyes and chemicals to make my dish soap.
Creating the Lavender Vanilla Dish Powder
The way I create my lavender vanilla dish powder is by first getting out a large mixing bowl. Then, I grab a cutting powder and a sharp knife and cut at least two vanilla beans open and scrape the seeds out of the beans into the mixing bowl. After, I add in three cups of baking soda, a cup of sea salt and ten drops of lavender essential oil. Next, I combine the ingredients together with a mixing spoon until they are evenly distributed and well blended together. Once the dish powder is made, it has a floral sweet vanilla scent and a white powdery soft texture with black vanilla bean specks throughout. Then, I pour the mixture into a large wide mouth jar and store it next to my sink for easy use when my dishes need to be done in a stress free fashion.
Using the Dish Powder
The way I love to use the dish powder is by first filling up the kitchen sink with plenty of hot water. Then, I like to take about a forth cup of the dish powder and pour it into the water and allow it to dissolve. As the powder dissolves, the lavender vanilla scent enters the air and provides calmness. Next, the water turns slightly foamy, but not bubbly like most dish soaps you are probably use too. After, I place my dirty dishes a few at a time into the sink and allow them to soak for about three minutes so the solution in the sink can dissolve the food particles gently. Then, I wash them well with a spoon containing a few more drops of lavender oil and rinse my dishes off until they are clean. After, I dry them and put them away.
The dish powder works well for cleaning plates, silverware, glass cups, plastic cups, mugs, pots and pans, and utensils. If you have a cookie sheet, pizza pan or casserole dish with really stuck on food particles or heavy grease, I recommend sprinkle the powder directly onto the cooking ware and allowing it to soak into them well for about ten minutes. Then, begin scrubbing the cookware clean, which should be a lot easier to do.
Now, you may also use this dish powder in your dishwasher to help clean your dishes well too. Just scoop the powder into the soap dispenser and turn your dishwasher on. After, the washing cycle passes you should open up your dishwasher to squeaky clean dishes.
Other Uses for the Powder
Not only do I use the lavender vanilla dish powder too clean my dishes, but I also use it for cleaning the toilet bowl and bathtub. All you do is sprinkle a cup into the toilet or into the bathtub and scrub them down with a sponge or cleaning brush.
You may also use the powder as a natural carpet deodorizer. All you have to do is simply sprinkle the powder onto the carpets and leave it there for twenty minutes. After, vacuum you carpets up and enjoy the lovely lavender vanilla scent that fills the air in your home.
Another way I thoroughly enjoy using the lavender vanilla powder is to make a relaxing calming bath to relieve stress. The baking soda in the powder helps soften the skin while the vanilla bean seeds and lavender relieve aches, pains, stiffness and stress within the body, mind and spirit. The powder also helps detoxify the body well from heavy metal and toxins.
Bottom Line
When you need your dishes clean naturally and stress free or even your toilet bowl, bathtub, carpets or even yourself the lavender vanilla dish powder is the solution to use. I love the way it gently cleans and calms without being harsh in anyway.
