What's For Dinner?

I never really thought about dishwasher detergent as something toxic.  It's sold as a product to put in your dishwasher to clean your dishes, right?  So how could it have anything harmful in it?  Go grab your dishwasher detergent bottle or box and look it up here.  See any reason to stop using it?  Look at what it says for health effects.  A lot of the warnings state to not inhale the fumes - what happens when the steam from the drying process comes into your kitchen?  How about the residue from the detergent that's on your dinner plates and drinking glasses?  Aren't you theoretically ingesting that too?  Some dishwasher detergents contain dry chlorine bleach that's activated when it hits the water.  Yuck.  Many dishwasher detergents contain phosphates - phosphates can cause lakes and rivers to fill up with algae and weeds.  This prevents less aggressive plant and aquatic life to thrive.

Here's a better way to wash your dishes that is super concentrated - 2 teaspoons per dispensesr cup in your dishwasher.  A 2 pound bag is enough for 48 loads of dishes.  In my house we do one load a day, so it lasts us about a month and a half.  Nothing harmful or toxic and no pre-rinsing required.  I have personally used Shaklee Dish Wash Automatic Concentrate (powder) in three dishwashers (one was 20 years old, one was 2 years old and my current dishwasher is brand new).  All dishwashers had the SAME results - clean, shiny dishes and NO SPOTS!  Try to find a natural dish wash concentrate that doesn't leave spots - I tried, and Shaklee's was the only one that performed beyond my expectations.  So what's for dinner?  Whatever I can scrounge from the refrigerator, no chemicals added.