Garbage Disposal Refreshers

Today's adventure is a Pinterest find thanks to Sarah Lipoff at www.savvysugar.com! I've been eager to try making something to clean and refresh my garbage disposal. With a hubby who loves brussel sprouts, I have found myself wanting a good way to improve the smell wafting from the disposal after a delicious dinner. These little dudes were relatively easy to make and left the whole house smelling lemony fresh!

The ingredients are all items that you would easily find around the house. Perhaps you do not have lemons regularly, but soon we will! Thanks to the mother-in-law and the gift of a small lemon tree! Back to the task: 

I made a double batch, which yielded 100 tablets and had the following measurements. (half it if you don't have a mother who's been asking you for them since you mentioned it!) 

1 1/2 cups baking soda

1 cup salt

1 teaspoon liquid dish soap

2 lemons

sheet pan

teaspoon scooper

tin foil

sealable container

Your first step is to combine the baking soda and salt in a bowl. With a fork, stir it around a bit to make sure both dry ingredients are well mixed with no lumps. Following that, zest your two lemons into the bowl and then add the juice of both lemons along with the dish soap. When you have mixed all ingredients together you should have the texture of lightly damp sand. (YUM) 

What follows is wonderful brainless work that allows you to sing along to music in your kitchen at the same time. (ok, you don't HAVE to do that part) I found the perfect little teaspoon scoop in my drawer to use as a shaping tool for the mixture. You've got to love when something you got years ago, suddenly becomes the PERFECT tool for a task. 

Once you have scooped all of the mixture onto the pan, you can let them dry over night. (You can see my little ones drying in the background) After they have dried over night place them in a sealable container and drop a few in the sink whenever you need a refresher! 

Now, I add this last picture as the humor in my post! After several "walk-bys," the hubby kept insisting they looked like little candies that you should be able to eat. After several confirmations that they were NOT, in fact, candy...he would not be stopped. Front and center you will see the little accidentally large bite he took out of one! SO, just in case you were worried, they are technically edible. Are they tasty? Not at all. Is hubby still alive? Yup, safe and sound! 

Good luck on your own attempts, and good night! 

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