Eco cleaning - simple recipes for home cleaning products | Zero Waste

Eco cleaning - simple recipes for home cleaning products | Zero Waste

 Eco cleaning products are safe for children and for us, they don’t pollute the environment and those made at home are much cheaper than shop chemistry. In this post, I will share with you a few recipes for basic cleaning products such as: furniture, glass or bathroom spray.

 Spray for glass:

• 400 ml of warm water

• 2 tablespoons of vinegar

• 2 tablespoons of isopropyl alcohol

• 1 tablespoon of corn starch

• 10 drops of essential oil

Preparation:

Add starch to the water. Mix. Add the rest of the ingredients to water with starch and mix.

Usage:

Spray onto the glass surface and wipe with a cloth or paper.

All purpose spray:

• 400 ml of warm water

• 2 tablespoons of vinegar

• 1 teaspoon of borax

• 10 drops of essential oil

Preparation:

Preparing in gloves. Add ingredients to water and mix.

Usage:

Pour the liquid on the chosen surface and rub with a cloth or sponge and rinse.

Furniture spray:

• 400 ml of warm water

• 3-4 tablespoons of vinegar

• 1 tablespoon of glycerine

• 10 drops of essential oil

Preparation:

Add ingredients to water and mix.

Usage:

Pour the liquid onto the selected surface and rub with a cloth.

 
Bathroom cleaning liquid:

• 400 ml of warm water

• 2 tablespoons of Castilian soap

• 1 tablespoon of baking soda

• 10 drops of essential oil

Preparation:

Add ingredients to water and mix.

Usage:

Pour the liquid on the chosen surface and rub with a cloth or sponge and rinse.

Drain cleaner:

• ½ glass of borax

• 2 cups of hot water

Preparation:

Preparing in gloves. Add borax to water and mix.

Usage:

Use in gloves! Pour the mixture into the clogged siphon. After 15 minutes, rinse with plenty of water.

 

Essential oils for cleaning

Which essential oils to choose: 

Lavender oil

Lemon oil (poisonous for cats)

Orange oil

Grapefruit oil

Rosemary oil

Peppermint oil

Eucalyptus oil

Clove oil

Tea tree oil (poisonous for cats)

These oils have antibacterial and antiseptic properties.

 Of course, you can combine oils to get an interesting smell.

The combination of lavender with lemon and rosemary gives a fresh, herbal scent.

A clove with orange has a beautiful spicy scent.

Orange and lemon combined with grapefruit have a fresh, citrus scent perfect for summer.

Mint oil with eucalyptus smells like sweet mints.

And eucalyptus oil with lemon will bring a breath of freshness to your home.

Although these products are ecological, we should save our hands and clean in gloves. Ingredients such as citric acid or borax aren’t as harmful as chlorine or chemistry contained in some cleaning products, but can irritate the skin.

 For storing these spray cleanrs, I recommend using Ikea sprinklers (they are very cheap and durable), and if you avoid plastic, you can use glass bottles with a narrow neck and try to match them to the sprinklers on the means that you used.

I used atomizers after the spray from Frosh and matched them to the apple vinegar bottles.

Xoxo,

Dorota

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Vegan home-made sugar and coffee scrub - 3 ingredients DIY

Vegan home-made sugar and coffee scrub - 3 ingredients DIY

  Today I will show you a simple and quick recipe for my favorite sugar-coffee scrub.
This peeling is a great thing for every coffee fan.
It smells beautiful and has very good properties.
It exfoliates, moisturizes and improves circulation.

What you will need:

Sugar
Coffee grounds
Oil
Jar / container for peeling
Spoon
Bowl
Optional:
Essential oil

Preparation:

  I start making the peeling by brewing coffee.
The grounds that were left after it were left to cool, and in the meantime measure the amount of sugar.
I put sugar in a container in which I will store the scrub and when the jar is almost full, pours the contents into a bowl.
It adds liquid oil and 2 tablespoons of coffee grounds.
I mix the whole to get a mass with a fairly close consistency.
If the peeling is too watery, we can add more sugar, if it is too dry, add oil.
Then we can add fragrance oil, although the peeling smells coffee itself.
I added vanilla oil because I like the combination of fragrances.

You can store the peeling in a refrigerator and use it within 7 days.
If you add a few drops of vitamin e, you can extend its durability for a few days.

You can use scrub twice a week and remember not to use it on wounds and irritated skin.

Xoxo,
Dorota

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An easy recipe for oat milk – 3 ingredients

An easy recipe for oat milk – 3 ingredients

  Today I want to share the recipe for oat milk with you. 

I know that there are quite a few types of plant milk, among others soy or rice, nevertheless I stated that I would mention it. Why? 

  Because it is my favorite and it’s quick to prepare (about 2-5 min). It’s also very tasty with coffee, cereal or just for drinking 😉, but moreover it has a high content of vitamin C (per 100 g is 40mg ). 

An easy recipe for oat milk – 3 ingredients

What will you need? (for 400ml): 

• 3 tbsp of oatmeal 
• ½ liter of water 
• ½ tsp of sugar or agave syrup (or another sweetener) 

  Of course, if you want make more milk you need to greater the proportions. This is enough for about five uses when adding to coffee 

Cats also like oat milk ;)

An easy recipe for oat milk – 3 ingredients 

Preparation : 

  Well, it is rather simple and doesn’t require a greater philosophy 😃 

Pour oatmeal and pour water into the blender cup, add sugar (or another sweetener that we prefer) to it. 

Then put a gauze or strainer on the dish in which you want to keep milk (e.g. Glass bottle). 

Then pour the milk from the cup into our dish and close it. 

And it’s ready 😉 

  Just remember to shake before each use! 😀 

Oat milk can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days. 

 Well... I hope that you will like them as much as I do. 😉 

Take care, 

Patryk

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Easy Recipe for a Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese

Easy Recipe for a Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese

 Today I will show you my favorite super simple recipe for spaghetti.
Despite the fact that it doesn’t contain many ingredients it is very filling and delicious!
You will make such a dinner in less than 30 minutes.

Easy Recipe for a Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese

What will you need:

(Dish for 4 people)

• Smoked tofu
• Large Carrot
• Large onion
•Tomato concentrate 200g
1/2 cup of water
• Light soy sauce
• Oregano or Herbes de Provence
• A touch of Agave syrup or sugar
•Garlic
•Pepper and salt
• spaghetti pasta

Easy Recipe for a Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese

Preparation:

I start preparing the dinner from crushing the smoked tofu in my hands into small pieces, which I then put on hot pan. I pour it with a tablespoon of soy sauce and add a little agave syrup. When tofu is brown, I take it from the pan to the plate.
I fry the finely chopped onion on the same pan, and when it glazed I add grated carrot. Then I pour a whole jar of tomato concentrate into the pan and add a water to it. I season the sauce with oregano, pepper and salt and a tablespoon of soy sauce. Then I put the fried tofu in the sauce and squeeze garlic cloves through the press. I cook the sauce about 5-10min on low heat. I serving sauce with corn spaghetti noodles.

Bon Appetit!

Xoxo,

Dorota

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A simple recipe for vegan toothpaste | Zero Waste

A simple recipe for vegan toothpaste | Zero Waste

  All my life I didn’t know that toothpastes are unhealthy. I became interested in this subject when I started to live ecologically.

  In the toothpaste the unhealthy is fluoride, which in excess can cause cancer, disturb the hormonal balance, cause thyroid problems, block the absorption of magnesium and even lower the level of intelligence. Fluoride is not only found in toothpaste, but also in a polluted environment.

The toothpaste also contains glycerine, through which minerals aren’t absorbed in the teeth, triclosan and perfumes that have a carcinogenic effect.

In addition, buying toothpaste in plastic packaging consumes its huge amount and heavily pollute the environment.

The homemade paste doesn’t contain any harmful ingredients, is organic and you can store it in a glass jar.

 You can prepare it from several readily available ingredients:

White clay - contains a lot of minerals, cleans, polishes and whitens teeth

Baking soda - cleans teeth and refreshes the breath

Xylitol - fights harmful bacteria, gives a sweet taste

Sage and mint - herbs soothe irritations, refresh the breath and have a disinfecting effect

Coconut oil - has an antibacterial effect

Sea salt - contains a lot of minerals, limits the growth of bacteria

Peppermint Essential Oil - Refreshes the breath, has an antibacterial effect and prolongs the freshness of the paste

Herbal toothpaste:

• White clay - 2 tbsp

• Baking soda - 1 tsp

• Xylitol powder - 1 tbsp

• Salvia powder - 1 tsp

• Mint powder - 1 tsp

• Coconut oil - 1-2 tbsp

• Peppermint essential oil - 20 drops

Preparation:

 I start preparing a toothpaste from powdered xylitol in a mortar (if you have xylitol powder, you can skip this step). Then pour it into a bowl to which I add clay, baking soda and herbs. I mix all the ingredients and gradually add the coconut oil until the consistency of the paste is formed. At the end I drop in the essential oil and translate the paste into the jar.

You can use this paste several times a day, and its expiration date is about 3 months.

Whitening toothpaste powder:

• Baking soda - 1 tbsp

• Xylitol powder - 1 tbsp

• White clay - 2 tbsp

• Sea salt (finely ground) - 1 tsp

• Peppermint essential oil - 20 drops

Preparation:

 I start preparing paste by mixing soda, xylitol, clay and finely ground salt in a bowl. Then I add the essential oil and mix the paste again. The last step is to translate the paste into the jar.

This paste can be used once a week and must be used in about half a year.

Do you make your toothpaste at home?

xoxo,

Dorota

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