Wood is absorbent and stains easily.
Here’s how to clean a wooden cutting board with lemon and salt to keep it looking like new.
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Lauren Nixon is a food educator and sustainability strategist.

Using a lemon as part of your cleaning routine helps to maintain the woods natural beauty.
How to clean a wooden cutting board with a lemon
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All that water and heat can cause your wooden cutting board to split open and/or warp.

Lauren Nixon is a food educator and sustainability strategist.
And the last thing you want to do is use asharp knifeon an uneven cutting surface.
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Regularly clean with salt and lemon
Consider the juice that runs out of a medium-rare steak or a beet.
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Lemon and salt work together to scrub out hard-to-remove stains.
Lemons are sort of a natural powerhouse cleaning agent,saysfood educator and sustainability strategistLauren Nixon.
Also, lemon oil is a really powerful natural fragrance andantibacterial.

The salt works as an abrasive.
Dry it immediately after washing
Remember that warping and cracking that the dishwasher can cause?
This gives the water time to seep into the wood and cause it to expand.

Lauren Nixon is a food educator and sustainability strategist.
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