Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Steam Vegetables in the Dishwasher

You can place fresh cut veggies in a mason jar with one cup of water on the top rack of your dishwasher. You can run it on a normal cycle and your veg will come out steamed and ready to eat. Again, don't add any soap.

The More You Know

To make it easy to stow and reuse plastic bags, make a dispenser from a discarded 2-liter soda bottle. Cut off the top and bottom with a razor knife. Then screw the dispenser to a cabinet door or closet wall (or attach with hook-and-loop tape).
Don't risk slicing your fingers by cleaning a blender with a sponge—pour in soap and water, turn it on, and rinse it out
Air fryers don’t always produce that golden hue we crave. You can fix that, though! The secret to that perfect golden color is giving your foods a quick spritz of cooking spray before popping them into the air fryer basket.
After you've given your stovetop a thorough cleaning, apply a thin layer of car wax and then buff it off with a clean towel.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.