Dishwasher Detergent

There are so many recipes for dishwasher detergent. But this is the one we like and use on a daily basis. Not a day goes by that we don’t run our dishwasher. Finding a good, reliable, non-toxic dish detergent is important to us!

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Ingredients

• 1 cup baking soda

• 1 cup washing soda

• 1 cup kosher salt

• 3/4 cup lemon juice (I use fresh squeezed) or citric acid

• ice trays

  OR

• sheet pan and reusable Ziploc bags

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients together.

2. If you’d like to make tablets then press mixture firmly into your ice trays. I normally do a heaping tablespoon. Then let the tablets sit out over night to dry. Once dry, carefully take them out of the trays and put into containers. I put mine in half gallon mason jars.

3. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of making tablets or would rather have a powder substance, then pour the mixture onto a sheet pan. DO NOT PRESS. Just spread it out on a pan and allow to dry. Once dry, put into a Ziploc bag and squeeze mixture to press the clumps out. If I go this route, I keep it in a Ziploc bag to allow me to fluff the mixture by squeezing the bag whenever I think it needs to be done. I’ve tried putting into a glass jar and it becomes rock solid at the bottom from constantly scooping out and accidentally pressing down in the process.

   Note: I always run out of things at the most inconvenient times. I don’t want to plan at the last second to get lemons, juice them, and then make this detergent. To save on time and my sanity, I juice a ton of lemons at once, measure out 3/4 cup increments and freeze them. When I see I’m running low, I’ll pull one out the day before to thaw in the fridge.