_If you've burned food to a pan, or if you've made yourself a nice hardened, stuck-on food mess along with your dinner, there's an easy way to get it out.

Add about 1/4 cup baking soda to a couple of cups of water in your pan and bring to a boil on the stove for 5-10 minutes. While this is going, it helps to scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.

After you take it off the heat, give it a good scrub. You should have a nice clean pan! If not, rinse and repeat with a little more baking soda. This will also help remove stains for things like tomato sauces.

_This is very simple - just baking soda and white vinegar. You can also use lemon juice if you have that on hand! This works best on drains that are running very slow, but not those with standing water. If your problem is soap scum or other build up, this will break it up and get things moving again. It also works as a good deodorizer for kitchen drains.

Shake a bit of baking soda over the drain - about 1/4 of a cup or so. Push it into and around the drain, and then pour a bit of vinegar over it until you get a good bit of bubbling and the vinegar begins to pool in the sink.

Let this drain and set for 15-20 minutes and then flush with hot water. And as a bonus, you can also clean your sink with the little bit of mixture that'll be left at the top of the drain.

_This one is easy, though a little smelly - but don't worry, the smell goes away pretty quickly and you'll have nice clean windows!

What you'll need:

• Small spray bottle
• Streak free microfiber cleaning cloth
  
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup vinegar
• squirt of castile soap (this is optional, but helps reduce streaks)

Pour the water and vinegar in the bottle, and add a tiny squirt of the castile soap. Shake it up and you're ready to clean!

_Very simple to make and very, very cheap! Perfect for bathrooms or closets. Will last around a month.
The instructions for this will depend on the type of gelatin or pectin you use.

What you'll need:

• Plain, unflavored gelatin or pectin
• Water for preparing gelatin
• Food coloring (optional, just for added flair)
• Essential oils
• Small glass jars or bowls  (I filled three with 2 cups of finished gelatin)
• 1 tablespoon salt (prevents mold)

To make this, place 1-2 drops of food coloring in each of your glass jars or bowls, and then prepare the gelatin according to the package directions, adding the salt during boiling. Once the gelatin has dissolved in the water and it's ready to set, add 20-30 drops of essential oil and mix. Then pour into your individual containers and mix with the food coloring.

Check the strength of the smell at this time and add more oil if necessary. This will firm up at room temperature, but if you want it to set quicker you can place it in the fridge.

_What you'll need:

• A small spray bottle
• 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol or vodka
• Essential oil
• 1 cup water

Fill the spray bottle with 1 cup water and 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol or vodka.

Add the essential oils - Start with 30 drops and then work your way up. You can also mix oils to create custom scents.

Note that you will be able to smell the alcohol, but only for a minute or so... after that things will just smell lovely. Rubbing alcohol has a stronger smell than vodka!

Use it on your couch, bed, curtains, pet bed, towels, etc. and the smell lingers for quite a while - for example, I sprayed my couch while cleaning yesterday and it still smells nice.

_What you'll need:

• A large spray bottle
• Microfiber cleaning cloth (which you can purchase here)
  
• 24 oz (3 cups) water
• 2 oz (1/4 cup) liquid castile soap
• 3 tablespoon white vinegar
• Essential oils, like lemon, lavender or tea tree

Fill your spray bottle with 3 cups of water. Add the tablespoons of vinegar and the castile soap. (Make sure you add the soap AFTER the water, or it will get very sudsy and exciting.) Add the essential oils. Add about 10 drops of lemon and 10 of tea tree! That's it.

Use this in your kitchen and bathroom! It's amazing at getting the stove top clean, counters and tabletops. Also great for cleaning the fridge.