Cleaning Your Kitchen with Thieves

For most of us, ringing in a new year usually includes a resolution for better health. Why not enhance your overall well-being by improving the cleanliness of your home with Young Living’s Thieves products?

With checklists, helpful hints, and cleaning recipes, you will achieve a clean home in no time. By adding an additional 30 minutes to your usual cleaning regimen, you will experience the Thieves difference in just a week.

Today’s post will focus on how to clean your kitchen with Young Living’s Thieves Household Cleaner.

DAY ONE: REFRIGERATOR

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 2 cups of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Remove all items from refrigerator.
• Check all labels and toss expired items.
• Throw away all items that are rarely used; waiting until they are expired or are inedible wastes space and compromises cleanliness.
• Remove all magnets and papers from doors.
• Clean top and outside of fridge, including exterior water/ice compartments.
• Clean inside, including door compartments, shelves, and produce drawers.
• Wipe down all sticky and soiled items that will go back inside fridge.
• Clean handles.

HINT: When clean, place paper towels or shelf liners in the fridge to make your next clean-up easy—just remove, wipe, and replace.

DAY TWO: STOVETOP, OVEN, MICROWAVE

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 1 cup of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Remove any leftover food or debris from stovetop, oven, and microwave.
• Clean stovetop, oven, fan, vent filters, hood, and microwave with mixture.

HINT: Fill a microwavable container with 3 cups of hot water. Place in microwave and heat on high for 10 minutes. The steam will loosen any cooked-on food, making it easy to wipe clean.

DAY THREE:DRAWERS, CUPBOARDS, PANTRY

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 2 cups of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Remove all items.
• Check all labels and toss items that are expired.
• Toss items that are rarely used; waiting until they are expired or inedible wastes space and – compromises cleanliness.
• Throw away all items that are broken, missing parts, or almost empty.
• Clean all drawers and shelf organizers.
• Wipe down shelves and inside of drawers.
• Wipe down all sticky and soiled items that will go back inside cupboards, pantry, and drawers.
• Clean all knobs.

HINT: When clean, place paper towels or shelf liners inside drawers and on top of shelves to make your next clean-up easy—just remove, wipe, and replace.

DAY FOUR: CEILING, LIGHT FIXTURE BOWLS, UNDER SINK

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 3 ½ cups of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Remove all cobwebs from ceiling, corners, and light fixtures with broom or duster.
• Remove light fixture bowls.
• Clean ceiling, corners, and light fixture bowls.
• Replace burned-out bulbs.
• Remove all items from under the sink.

• Check all labels and toss items that are expired.
• Get rid of items that are rarely used.
• Throw away all items that are broken, missing parts, or almost empty.
• Wipe inside with the same ratio of Thieves Household Cleaner and water.
• Wipe off all sticky and soiled items that will go back under the sink.

HINT: Put 5 drops of Thieves Essential Oil on a cotton ball and place underneath your sink to keep it smelling clean and fresh.

DAY FIVE: SINK, COUNTERTOPS, BACKSPLASH, CABINET FRONTS

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 3 ½ cups of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

Cabinet Front Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 1 cup olive oil. To enhance the aroma, you may also add 10 drops of Citrus Fresh Essential Oil Blend.

• Remove all countertop appliances, canisters, knick-knacks, and clutter.
• Clean sink, countertops, backsplash, knick-knacks, canisters, and counter appliances with suggested recipe.
• Wipe down cabinet fronts with suggested recipe.

HNT: To keep your kitchen looking clean and clutter-free, display only countertop appliances, canisters, and knick-knacks that are used daily or are important.

DAY SIX: INTERIOR WINDOWS, WINDOW SILLS, PET DISHES, PLANT DISHES

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 5 quarts of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Wipe loose debris and dust off window sills, pet dishes, and plant dishes.
• Clean window sills and plant and pet dishes.
• Clean interior windows.

HINT: To naturally freshen the air in your home, diffuse Thieves Essential Oil Blend for 15–30 minutes.

DAY SEVEN: WALLS, OUTLETS, SWITCH PLATES, HEATING VENTS

Cleaning Recipe: Mix 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner with 3 ½ cups of water (use gloves and hot water for best results).

• Remove all cobwebs and dust from kitchen walls and heat vents.
• Clean walls, outlets, switch plates, and heating vents.

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