When you cook, you probably spend almost as much time cleaning up, so here are a couple of dandy cleaning tips I just learned that you may have known for years, and if you have, why didn't you tell me?
1) Fill a cereal-sized bowl with half water and half white vinegar and microwave it on high for 10 minutes. The vinegary steam created will make it so easy to clean your microwave that you can simply wipe it down with a damp cloth, even those irritating little crusty pieces that sometimes get left behind. We're talking sparkling clean!
2) Microwave your damp kitchen sponge on high for 30 seconds. This will kill all the nasty bacteria without having to run it through an entire dishwasher cycle, which always seems to do more damage to the sponge than expected.
3) If you're not having fun yet, please review my earlier post about the hours of quality entertainment provided by microwaving Peeps. I'm just saying.
4) Bonus Tip: Save that bowl of water and white vinegar after you microwave it, gently drop in a couple of eggs, and microwave them for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Poached eggs!
