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Grandma's Cleaning Hacks: How to Clean Cutting Boards

When life gives you lemons, clean your cutting board! Yes, you heard right. Lemons are not only good for making lemonade, but also an amazing all-round cleaner. Did you know they can be also used to remove stains on cutting boards?

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All you need is salt and lemons.

Wood countertop with a cutting board, knife, lemons, and bowl of salt.
Person seasoning a wooden cutting board with spices in a modern kitchen.
Person slicing a lemon on a wooden cutting board with salt on a kitchen counter.

Just sprinkle salt on the board and rub it into the board with half a lemon.

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Let it sit for a few minutes, then scrub it off and rinse the board.

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Simple and completely natural!

Person cleaning a wooden cutting board with a cloth on a kitchen counter.