Money Saving Tips & Recipes: Dish Detergent

Only three simple ingredients and no prep work to be done just keep these ingredients under your kitchen sink or by your dishwasher.

Here is the ingredients I used per load: (I got everything at Wal-Mart)

1 teaspoon oxygen bleach ($5.47 96oz) (I was told you can get this at the dollar store however ours did not have any of this size on hand)

1/2 teaspoon Dawn dish soap ($2.97 48oz)

1/2 cup white vinegar (poured into a little bowl and place in the middle, top rack. I purchased a cleaning vinegar cause the price was better than the normal kitchen use white vinegar) ($2.98 1gallon)

 

I am keeping track of the amount of loads I can do with this amount of ingredients however just by doing my first load I can tell they will last awhile! I did my first load last night and the dishes look great! I am not a "Green" freak but the reason I did this is because I was looking for little ways to save money that didn't require alot of time. I am pretty sure this will save a good chunk of money especially since I run my dishwasher almost daily. The vinegar also helps keep your dishwasher cleaner and at it tops efficiency. Typically when my dishwasher was acting up I would use the vinegar to do a "deep clean" and it would start washing better. Hope you enjoy this great money saving recipe!

 

I will update down the road when I can tell how many loads I got out of these ingredients.