Cleaning and Caring For Your Wooden Cutting Board

When it comes to chopping herbs and vegetables, I think a wooden cutting board is ideal. I love mine, but it drives me crazy when I chop a bunch of basil, and am left with a huge green spot on my board. Here's Rachael Ray showing a quick, eco-friendly way to clean your wooden cutting board!. She also shows you how to keep the board from warping.

There's been a big debate over what makes for a better cutting board - wood or plastic? I say both! I think you need two - a wooden one for vegetables, bread, and herbs - and a plastic one for meat. I like using a plastic one for meat, because I can use hot hot HOT water and lots of soap, and really sanitize the heck out of it. And sometimes the wooden one pulls double duty as a trivet, or as a cheese board. Even cutting boards can be multi-taskers!

Here's something I found for organizing my cutting boards upright like Rachael recommends. It fits in a cabinet out of sight.

Posted August 29, 2007, filed in Less is More, Clutter Hacks