It’s hot this summer. But that doesn’t mean you need to reach into your refrigerator for a cool can of soda. There are healthier and cheaper options – and ones that you can make yourself.
Thanks to West Bend, one of my lucky readers will have the opportunity to brew up their own summer refreshments.
This Iced Tea Maker…
- is uniquely designed, and has variable tea brew strength.
- allows you to brew tea with or without sweetener.
- includes an attractive 2.5 qt. glass pitcher to serve in style.
- allows you to make tea with bags or loose tea.
Garnishing Tips:
- Add sliced fruit to your pitcher. Good options are: lemon, lime, orange, kiwi, peach or pineapple.
- Float whole berries in the tea: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries
- Rub a lemon slice along the rim of your glass and then dip it in fine sugar (yes, like a sweet version of a margarita!)
- Add sprigs of herbs or lemon verbena from your garden
Some nice recipes to try…
How to Win:
To be entered to win, leave a comment below sharing your favorite healthy summertime beverages to share with your family.
For additional entries, please leave comments below letting us know you did each of the following (we will check!):
- If you own a copy of my book, The Whole Family Cookbook, please leave a comment below with the name of a recipe you have enjoyed.
- Subscribe to the What’s Cooking with Kids monthly newsletter (in the header of my website)
- Join the What’s Cooking with Kids community on Facebook. If you are already a member, please just let me know in the comments below.
- Join the West Bend community on Facebook and leave a comment saying we sent you
- Follow @whatscooking on Twitter
- Tweet this statement:
I just entered to win an iced tea maker for my family from @whatscooking. Enter here: http://su.pr/1drYfg
Disclosure
We did not receive any compensation or free products for this post. I am just excited to get your family cooking together and had the opportunity to offer it to you. Please thank me by sharing this post or encouraging people to check out my new book, The Whole Family Cookbook.
Our favorite summer drink is fresh lemon aid. We like to add other fruit juices for something different sometimes as well.
We enjoy sun tea with lemon andsmall amount of sugar. I find unbleached sugar has a better flavor and you use less!
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I love suntea in the summertime, we sometimes add lemonade to the tea for a different taste.
My girls get fruit juice that is watered down with water. On a special occasion they will get some lemon aid.
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We loves blueberry smoothies!
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Have your book, most recently my daughter and I made the carrot and raisin salad.
I like to keep a big pitcher of ice water in the fridge, spiked with slices of cucumber and lemon. Got this trick from one of my favorite restaurants in SF.
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We love fresh lemon water with a small splash of sugar!
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I love tea! My favorite is plain black and/or green tea, cold or hot.
I already follow you on facebook. Thanks for all the great tips and recipes!
We love water with lemon and lime slices!
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We love fruit smoothies with no added sugar, and of course, iced green tea
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Love water with lemon!
My kids love to make Mint Ice tea. We have spearmint and peppermint plants growing in our front yard and its fun to grab a handful, muddle and add to a pitcher of tea. It seems to quench your thirst and cool you off a little better that just plain ice tea!
Our favorite summertime drink is fresh limeade with a drop of vanilla extract! So good!
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What a cool machine! I would make some of my ginger iced tea with it.
We love suntea in our house! I was just thinking, though, that I should invest in an iced tea maker for the days that I forget to put the tea out to brew.
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Our family favorite for the summer is lemonade.
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We love fruit water. We make ice cubes using super ripe fruit and then add to water, ice tea or lemonade.
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It is so hard to pick a favorite refreshing drink at my home in the summmer. We love Orangeade, smoothies and my all -time favorite is flavored Iced tea!!
We love sun tea esp. Good Earth Original.
I really like a peach billini I make. Peach crystal light, OJ, and frozen berries and peaches! Yumm!
I love iced tea, I drink it almost daily.
For my family, I try to push water in the summer…doesn’t get any healthier than that!
our fav summer drink is strawberry banana smoothies!
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I love unsweetened iced tea. Usually combine a green tea with an herbal tea…since I’m in a choir, I add some peppermint tea…not too strong but enough to make my throat feel good.
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My favorite healthy beverage in the summer is fresh juice made in our juicer from whatever fresh berries we have picked in the last few weeks.
I always save a bit to serve with a bit of prosecco later on in the evening for the grownups–a bit of relaxation is good for the soul!
We love to make yogurt fruit smoothies to cool off on these hot days!
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We like Iced Tea. I like mine sweet, the hubs prefers unsweetened.
I love making tea, but I hate turning on the stove! I sooo want to win this, thanks for the chance!!!
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I ordered ur cookbook and eagerly awaiting it’s arrival!
Our favorite summertime beverage is freshly squeezed lemonade.
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We like to make homemade lemonade with a bit of agave nectar to sweeten it.
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Nothing is as refreshing as fresh lemonade.
another favorite is to add strawberries to a pitcher of water and have strawberry flavored water. so yummy.
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We love fresh squeezed lemonade, sometimes with pureed strawberries added!
My favorite summer beverage in summer is abig glass of hibiscus tea mixed with lemonade, serve over ice. Delish. Already follow on faceboik.
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We are HUGE fans of sweet tea in my house, making a gallon twice a week to keep the kids and husband happy. But we also love to make lemonade with slices of strawberries floating in it. When I was teaching, I loved to make fruit water (water with chunks of pineapple, oranges, or limes floating in it) to drink all day in my class room.
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YOU won! Hurray!
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Yay! So stinkin’ excited! Thanks! Good luck with going back to school!
I read your blog, subscribe to your newsletter, am a facebook member, and I’m from the south where sweet tea is king! (Since I don’t do sugar for myself, I enjoy mint tea!)
We drink lots of water with lemons and limes! My kiddos LOVE it!
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I have really fond memories of making sun tea with my mom growing up. Definitely my beverage of choice in the summer!
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My boys love fresh made lemonade with strawberries in it – it’s a refreshing treat on a hot day! We also love passion fruit icetea.
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My husband and I drink a TON of iced tea… I had a terrible soda habit that I had to kick!
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I love making lemonade with the kids and adding fresh mint!
Our favorite summertime beverages are sun tea and fresh squeezed lemonade.
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Lemonade made with real lemons…my mouth if watering just thinking about it.
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Seltzer, italian sodas and fruit smoothies are Summertime favorites in my house!
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We always have a couple of pitchers of filtered water in the fridge. The kids add lemon or lime slices to them. Add sometimes fresh berries to it as well.
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every morning i make some hot tea combined of: lemongrass , mint leave, splash of lemon juice put into cup with hot water,and the last 1 tea spoon honey….start the day with a cup of fresh tea
thanks ….