How to rescue your burnt pans, naturally!

I may or may not have burnt the bejesus out of one of my good stainless steel Scanpan saucepans while I was chatting on Facebook one day.

It got scrubbed. It went through the dishwasher several times. Still black. Still very baked-on.

Then, I remembered a little tip I heard at the kitchen store I used to work at and decided to give it a go!

So, this is how you do it:

Get your pan with the burnt bum. Chuck it on the stove and fill about a quarter of the way with water.

Add three to four teaspoons (or more depending on how big your pot is) of Kin Kin Naturals dishwasher powder.

Allow to simmer on a low heat for a few hours or however long it takes. The burnt stuff will magically lift off ! No scrubbing! Just wash and rinse as normal.

Now, I wouldn’t go trying this with a normal dishwasher powder, because the toxic fumes they will give off are going to be very nasty. But, Kin Kin Naturals products are all natural.

You could try bicarbonate of soda if you don’t have the dishwasher powder, but I have tried this before with limited success.

I was so impressed with how effortless and easy this was, all of my pans got a new lease of life!

Okay, so you no longer have to throw out those saucepans, pots and frypans (or hide them down the back garden like Mumma Jae from Learning, Living, Loving), just revive them instead.

No-one will ever know you were chatting on Facebook and burnt the dinner!

PS check out what pans I recommend as the safest here

I will admit that I picked up my first bottle of Kin Kin Naturals dishwash liquid because I liked the pretty label! And the fact that it said Kin Kin (a little town in the Noosa hinterland, Queensland, near where I spent some time as a child).

Turns out, my instincts were right, because this company make the best natural cleaning products I have come across. All the products contain beautiful essential oils (which you know I love!)

Did you know that 8 out of 10 detergents that claim to be eco-friendly contain ‘alcohol ethoxylate’ which is classified as ‘very toxic to aquatic organisms’, as their first or second ingredient? I didn’t !! Kin Kin naturals use a coconut & sugar based surfactants instead.

You might remember that I use the Kin Kin Naturals dishwash liquid in my citrus cleaning spray.

Anyhow, because of that blog post, I got talking to Felix from Kin Kin Naturals. Turns out he is a PhD-qualified formulator, who used to work for OMO. Right – so that’s how he makes the products work so well! Combining his knowledge and experience with a passion for natural, local, environmentally friendly ingredients, the result is Kin Kin Naturals.

Felix sent me the other products in the range to try as well – my health food store only stocks the dishwashing detergent.

I absolutely love the laundry liquid. It leaves our clothes with a faint hint of essential oils not that sickly overpowering fragrance left behind by other detergents. The oxygen whitener has been getting quite a work out too with the kids’ grotty sports wear!

I will admit I was skeptical about the dishwasher powder though. I had used natural ones before and they just haven’t cut it – I would have to run the dishwasher a second time to get them clean!! But no, Felix has come up trumps again – I can honestly say that his natural dishwashing powder is equal in cleaning power to the top brand on the market.

I am really so happy to have found these products. Is it weird to get so excited about cleaning products? I am happy because we are eliminating chemicals and toxins from our home, helping the planet at the same time and there is no compromise on quality!

To find out why the products are so safe and so environmentally friendly, take a look at the website.

Felix says: If we don’t trust an ingredient with our own children’s skin or our own backyard, then we don’t use it.

Kin Kin Naturals are a family owned and run company. They are local as well – all products are made at Kin Kin, in Queensland! They are available at a lot of healthy stores around Australia and online as well. Take a look at the stockists page.

Felix has kindly offered to let one of you try out the full range of his products too.

This giveaway has now closed. Thank you for entering.

All you need to do is answer the following three questions as a comment on this blog post.

Question 1: Which essential oils would you choose for an all natural hand wash? (for example: lemon myrtle + cypress)

Question 2: Which essential oils would you choose for an all natural all-purpose spray cleaner?

Question 3: On a scale of 1-10, how often do you buy all natural products? (10 meaning very regularly)

Please note that this giveaway is only available for Australian residents. Entries close on the 17th of May, 2012 at midnite. A winner will be chosen using random.org and notified via the comment section of this blog post. Please check back to see if it was you! I will remind you on Facebook as well!

Good Luck!

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