How to Use Baking Soda For More Than Just Baking
I got baking soda, BAKING SODA!! hehe If you do not have baking soda in your house it is time you went out and bought some. Baking soda has so many uses, baking, cooking, cleaning, disinfecting etc etc. You really cannot afford to not have it in your house.
Baking Soda is what is known as Sodium Bicarbonate in the science world. It is also known as cooking soda or bread soda. Here are a few ways you can use it in your home.
Cooking and Baking
In Baking, baking soda gives a very light and fluffy cake due to the fact that it gives off carbon dioxide during the baking that is later replaced with air. For the best results it is used together with yogurt, butter milk or milk. It is also a key ingredient in baking powder. It is used for:
* Making Soda breads
* Baking full flavoured cakes eg chocolate cake, banana bread, zuchini cake
* Making pancakes
* Put a tablespoon when boiling your greens to avoid discoloration
Cleaning
* Put baking soda down your drain, then follow with apple cider. It will bubble let it stay for about 10 minutes then pour in hot water
* If you have baked something and the stains have refused to come off. Especially after roasting meat. Pour baking soda on the tin add a little water let it soak then clean later.
* Due to it’s anti bacterial components you can clean toys with it too.
* If your spoons aren’t as shiny anymore fill the sink with warm water. Add some baking soda, cut a medium sized sheet of aluminium foil and soak the spoons and forks for 20 mins
* Make a paste and use it to wash away grim in the shower and bath
Face
* Mix with water and use as a cleanser
* If you have sunburn mix baking soda and water. Use a Luke warm or cool water, soak a face towel and press it on the affected area. If the sunburn is all over the body mix it in Bath water and soak in it.
* Add a little baking soda to your Liwa face mask
Teeth
* It is a great teeth whitener mix just a little with strawberries to form a paste. Apply on your teeth and let it sit for a few minutes. Rinse off well.
* 6 parts baking soda 1 part sea salt. Mix in a blender. This is good for plaque and bacteria. Leave the paste on your teeth for 15 minutes then rinse well. Do not do it too often
Body
* Mix with apple cider and use in your bath
* Apply a little on an insect bite to avoid swelling
* Add 3 tablespoons of baking soda to a foot bath to help exfoliate. Make a paste with baking soda and water if you have a lot of dead skin. Apply on your heels for a few minutes then scrub.
* You can use the same scrub above for your face and body
* Use a paste to clean your hands to get rid of bacteria and bad smells eg fish
Medicinal
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda mix completely to 1/2 glass of water is great for acidity as it neutralises the acid
Deodoriser
* If you don’t have roll on apply a little on your armpit or you can even do a paste it will prevent odour
* Pour some in smelly shoes too to stop odour
What other uses do you know of baking soda?
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