A nutrition educator at the University of Illinois Extension is offering some tips for spring cleaning and including your kitchen in your efforts.

Caitlin Mellendorf is a nutrition educator at the U of I Extension in DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Counties and says deep cleaning your kitchen might include pulling out appliances and cleaning the area around them as well as doing a thorough evaluation of your refrigerator or freezer and its contents.

Mellendorf encourages getting that grill out giving it a good cleaning before you throw food on it.