You may know that it’s best to avoid soaking your wooden butcher blocks and cutting boards in water to clean them. Using this easy, all-natural method packed with lemon essential oil instead will get them clean and purified without damaging the wood.
1 cup salt
10 drops lemon essential oil
1⁄2 lemon
1⁄2 cup vinegar
TO MAKE: Combine salt and lemon essential oil in a bowl. Mix well.
TO USE: Sprinkle salt mixture onto butcher block or cutting board. Use the 1⁄2 lemon to scrub the salt mixture into the board. Allow to sit for several minutes, then pour the vinegar over the salt mixture. Scrub again with the 1⁄2 lemon and rinse clean with water.