Orange Vinegar - "green" cleaning

I've used vinegar before to clean up various things throughout my house. It will clean up anything in a snap, however, you're whole house smells like a pickle when you get done. Granted, I really like pickles. But I sure don't want the house smelling like them unless I'm actually making them.

I came across this great blog, The Fountain Avenue Kitchen, and they had a post about using vinegar to clean also. However, they have directions on how to steep the vinegar in orange peels! How great is that?! You get an awesome cleaner (without the pickle smell) that will not leave that toxic residue the manufactured cleaners leave behind. And who doesn't love that fresh smell oranges leave behind anyway? I don't think you could ask for anything more!

Orange Vinegar:

 

1 16-ounce canning jar

2 oranges, peels only

vinegar to cover

Curl the peels around the inside of the jar. If your oranges are small and you could fit another peel, feel free to add one more. Pour vinegar into the jar to cover the peels and close tightly. Store in the cupboard for two weeks, then transfer the vinegar to a spray bottle and use for all your cleaning purposes!

You could also easily use lemons, limes, clementines....anything citrus with a peel. Even a combination would work as well to achieve that sweet smell.