Here's How to Clean All Your Food Storage Containers

Each time I use a food storage container, I'm helped to remember how hard they can be to clean. When I go after one to pack up leftover or store my meal prep in, I'm confronted by the stains (and in some cases even smells) of meals. Regardless of whether I give the container another quick clean with a scrub and cleanser, it's generally insufficient to return it to its original, pristine state. What's more, regardless of what I'm utilizing, whether it's a plastic sandwich box or a metal soup container, I generally seem to have a similar issue. What gives? 

Here, you'll find all that you have to know to prevent your food storage containers from a stinky, stained fate. From the most ideal approaches to store them, to exactly how they should be cleaned, these are every one of the tips and tricks to clean your food storage containers.

Always Clean Your Containers When You Can, Regardless of Whether They be Plastic or Metal

A standout amongst the most ideal approaches to prevent stains on plastic food storage — besides keeping it from heat — is to wash it immediately after utilizing it. The more it spends energy blending with your saucy, stinky food, the additional time it needs to wind up saucy and stinky itself. This is valid for metal containers, as well. Essentially, the sooner you wash your food storage containers, the more they will keep their integrity. 

If Your Containers Are Already Stained and Stinky, Attempt Some Of These Traps 

Depend upon a simple mixture of bleach and lemon juice to get stains and smells out. To start, you need a bit of the two (about a tablespoon each per containers). At that point, dilute it with water, and let your containers soak for five to 10 minutes. Finally, soap and rinse them once again, get them dry, and pack them up. The smells and stains ought to be gone in the blink of an eye. 

Then again, you can basically wipe down clean containers with a bit of lemon rind. While this trick won't remove stains, 

If All Else Fails, Baking Soda and Vinegar is Dependably an Incredible Alternative

Soaking food containers in baking soda and washing them in vinegar is a trick and keeping in mind. These two things appear to work for everything else, so why not try them. To do it, essentially rinse your container with water to remove any food, coat it in baking soda, let it sit for five to 10 minutes, wash it with vinegar, and say bye to those stains and scents.

Also, Always Leave Them Open to Air-Dry To Prevent a Mildewy Scent 

With regards to metal containers, they get damp and musky in a truly gross way, if you set the lid back on before they've gotten an opportunity to properly dry. It might take for a little while for them to dry totally (anywhere from a couple of hours to overnight), however, it worth the wait to prevent the stink.