Easy & Earth Friendly Homemade Dish Soap

A Few Tips Before You Get Started:

1. Castile soap can be hard to find. Some home improvement and health stores carry it, or you can buy it online.
2. Scale down the recipe until you find one you prefer. Later, you can make larger quantities.
3. Be willing to adjust ingredients in the recipes, especially if you have well or hard water.
4. These natural cleaning recipes aren't as thick as commercial dish soaps. They don't produce as many suds either. If bubbles define clean for you (they do me), try using a suds pump. Pampered Chef makes a good one. These will also make your soap last longer.

Homemade Dish Soap

8 cups water

1 cup grated Dr. Bronner's Castile bar soap (see substitution option below*)

Essential oil (optional)

Put soap flakes in pan and add water. Set stovetop to medium heat. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally.

Once soap is dissolved, lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Remove from heat and let cool. If using essential oil, add 10-15 drops before soap hardens. Pour into a reusable dish soap bottle.

Homemade Dish Detergent

4 cups hot water

1/2 cup grated Dr. Bronner's Castile bar soap (see substitution option above*)

1/2 cup glycerin

Essential oil (optional)

Pour hot water over soap flakes. Stir until flakes dissolve. Add glycerin. If using esstential oil, add 8-10 drops. Let cool before pouring into a reusable dish soap container.

Liquid Castile Dish Soap

1/2 cup hot water

2 cups of castile soap

Lemon essential oil (optional)

Mix hot water and castile soap in bowl. If using essential oil, add 5-6 drops. Pour into reusable dish soap container.

This is one of the easiest homemade natural cleaners. No grating!