I HATE WASHING DISHES

Ugh.  There's not a night that goes by that I don't find myself facing a sink full of bottles and pumping parts.  They seem to multiply in the sink.  Typically, I will spend 30 minutes washing bottles, pull out the sink stopper, only to find that I have two more dirty bottles sitting on the counter. 

For the past few nights, I have been making mental reminders that "we're almost out of dish soap."  Well, tonight we were officially out.  And since I don't have the time, energy or money (that's another blog post on our new commitment to budgeting), I decided to make my own. 

After a quick search online for "homemade dish soap," I found several recipes.  This one is from ecoKaren, and uses castile soap.  I can't comment on it's effectiveness, but it was easy and inexpensive to make.  I even had all the ingredients on hand! 

 

I love making my own cleaning supplies.  It seems all the recipes use most of the same ingredients in some way or another: vinegar, essential oils, water, baking or washing soda, castile soap.  Buying these products in bulk also saves money.  The next time you "run out" of something, consider making it.  I'm convinced (except the one time I tried to make my own toilet bowl cleaner- bust!). 

~Trina