Chemical Free Dishwashing Detergent Recipe

I am kind of into clean dishes. Ya know, as opposed to dirty dishes. Call me crazy, right. But two things drive me batty about dishwashing detergent. One is when I run out of pods. Hello people, I have four kids. We run the dishwasher every.single.day. Some days twice. Yes, twice. We go through those pods pretty fast. Those suckers are not cheap either.

Issue number two is that they contain junk-- dyes, surfactants, chemicals. The brand I was using received a D+ on the Environmental Working Group's rating system. See their findings HERE. I try to minimize what we are exposed to when I can, so swapping my store bought dishwashing detergent to a homemade recipe was rockin. It smells wonderful and my dishes are sparkling clean. Score one for me! When it runs out I just make more because one box of Borax, baking soda, and citric acid, and of course the 15 ml bottles of essential oils are all good for many batches.

Essential Oil Hack Detergent Sources
I got my Borax HERE

Get your citric acid HERE
Get your baking soda HERE
Get your pure essential oils HERE
Happy Dishes people!