Using your Slow Cooker/CrockPot as an Air Freshener

Published: Mon, 04/13/20

April 13, 2020

Happy Monday, Slow Cookerers!

I have missed you all.

The past few days/weeks/month have been really weird and it looks like it's going to stay this way for roughly another month or so.

FUN TIMES WE ARE LIVING RIGHT NOW!

ugh.

SO.

Let's just say --- hypothetically speaking, of course....

That you've "relaxed" a bit this past month or so and have let the house get a bit funkified because you know that the most important thing is to stay calm. To stay fun(ish), and to stay easy-breezy-pumpkin-squeezy...

BUT NOW your house looks like the Easter Bunny had a bunch of frat boys over for a rager where they had a Capris Sun, popcorn (oh dear, SO. MUCH. POPCORN.), and Hershey Kisses.

And it's time to reclaim the living spaces of your house again.

I hear you.

Also? That weird smell that's a combo of sweaty feet and Lysol?

We can get rid of it.

Pinkie-Promise.

For this "recipe", I used the Little Dipper crockpot slow cooker as an air freshener or odor neutralizer.

If you don't have a Little Dipper you can certainly use a larger size crockpot -- whatever you already have in the house.

Feel free to eyeball the quantities!

The Ingredients.

(click thru to read online and see reader reviews/comments)

--water
--baking soda (for the little dipper, I used 3 tablespoons)
--crockpot

The Directions.

Pour water into the crockpot you are going to use.

Add baking soda.

Mix.

Plug it in and turn to low (the Little Dipper and some of the small ones don't have settings, they just plug in).

Keep the lid off.

Let the baking soda do the job of soaking up unpleasant odors.

If you would prefer to use the crockpot as an air freshener, fill with water, and add:

--drops of essential oil
--potpourri scent
--2 teaspoons of vanilla or other desired extract
--ground cinnamon, and cloves
--a cinnamon stick
--slices of lemon

The Verdict.

I think you will be quite pleased with how the baking soda really does absorb kitchen and other around-the-house icky odors!

The weather is still pretty unpredictable, here, and although I would LOVE to open all the doors and windows, it might take a few more weeks for that to happen.

;-)

I do have a few Little Dippers, so I am able to put one in the kitchen for a few hours and another in the playroom with a cinnamon stick floating inside.

It works!

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If you need a bit more help ---- here is an article I wrote a few years ago on how to "Company Clean" in only 30 minutes.

Since it looks like we aren't going to be having company any time soon, I'm just going to set a timer and turn Pandora on to the "family road trip" channel and have at it.

:-)

:-)

enjoy!! have a great day!

steph