National Iced Tea Month

May 31, 2026May 6, 2026Jensperspectiveblog 12 Comments

As the temperature heats up in June, it’s a perfect time to celebrate National Iced Tea Month!

Iced Tea Day is June 10! Try incorporating some fresh fruits or vegetables since it’s thier Month too. Besides iced tea goes well with any kind of salad.

Brewing the ideal pitcher of iced tea is a matter of taste. Mine is the Tetley Brand. Lots of restaurants brew Lipton. Depending on your taste, you may prefer sun tea, sweet tea or unsweetened tea. Perhaps your palate leans more toward a fruitier tea or a stronger type of tea. As long as it’s iced, June is the month your tea is celebrated.

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Iced tea was made as early as the 1870s, but an English merchant by the name of Richard Belchynden brought the beverage to popularity. During the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis temperatures began to soar. Belchynden crossed the Atlantic to sell black tea steeped hot and served to the American public. Under the conditions, fairgoers were interested in cooler beverages. Belchynden needed to switch strategies, or he would have no sales. By brewing a stronger tea and pouring it over ice, the merchant created a new product to sell.

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HOW TO OBSERVE

Pour yourself a glass of iced tea and enjoy! What is your favorite way to enjoy it? Kicking back on the porch or with a good friend? Use #NationalIcedTeaMonth to let us know on social media.

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NATIONAL SUNDAY SUPPER DAY

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026Jensperspectiveblog 3 Comments

National Sunday Supper Day encourages families to gather around the table, enjoy a meal and a conversation together each year on the second Sunday in January.

Sunday Supper starts off as one day a week and soon becomes a way of life. – Sunday Supper Movement

These days families are busy with after-school activities, jobs, and homework. Sunday supper has been a disappearing tradition around the country and the Sunday Supper Movement aims to bring families back together in the kitchen and around the dinner table one Sunday at a time. National Sunday Supper Day is another step toward this goal.

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NATIONAL SUNDAY SUPPER HISTORY

Isabel Laessig is the founder of the Sunday Supper Movement and the Food and Wine Conference. A mother of four, she was inspired to start her blog, Family Foodie, when her oldest left for college and the things she would miss most about home would be the times spent in the kitchen and around the table with family. Some of our favorites can be found here.

In 2012 Laessig and eight other bloggers and their families celebrated the first virtual Sunday Supper with a progressive dinner. According to Laessig, she and these eight bloggers are “passionate about bringing families together to cook and eat together.”

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HOW TO OBSERVE #SundaySupper

Invite friends and family over to spend the day preparing a Sunday Supper. While you’re preparing supper, discuss plans for continuing the tradition next week. Take turns and find ways to spend more time enjoying each other’s company over a meal. Create bonds that will last a lifetime. For more information visit wwww.sundaysuppermovement.com. Use #SundaySupper on social media.

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NATIONAL SUNDAY SUPPER MONTH

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025Jensperspectiveblog 7 Comments

National Sunday Supper Month is an annual designation observed in January. A waning tradition, the Sunday Supper was once an opportunity after a hectic week for families to gather to spend time together and share stories about their week. This month National Sunday Supper Month and the Sunday Supper Movement resolves to bring back this family tradition.

If 2020 taught us anything it is definitely the value of each other. A reminder that time is fleeting and our families are way more important than celebrities, influencers, and others. Taking time each week to prepare and sit down together, gives us a recharge to face the challenges presented in the outside world.

The lasting memories created will warm both adults and children alike. It gives a family another opportunity to put down the gadgets and engage with each other. In our household this not only educated us it forged strong connections. Lively debate was often encouraged as well as the chance to simply catch up on each others, achievements, trials, stresses and demonstrate care and concern if needed. This is a great time to indulge in Slow Cooking Month and National Soup Month.

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HISTORY

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HOW TO OBSERVE

Gather with family or friends and prepare a meal together. Savor each other’s company around the supper table. Use #SundaySupper to post a photo of your set up on social media. Life gets busy and it can be hard for families and friends to come together, sit down and enjoy a meal together… But if you can make time to do so, you will never regret it! Check out some of my favorite recipes here.

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Carmel Apple Sangria

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024Jensperspectiveblog 6 Comments

Fall is here and apples are a great flavor to include. A Halloween party, Thanksgiving, or just a relaxing day this Sangria is a breeze to make. The slightly sweet yet tart apple flavor will have you enjoying this every chance you get. It makes a good alternative to hot apple cider or mulled wines.

Ingredients

1 cup Carmel Vodka
1 cup apple liquor
750 ml white wine ( I’m using an apple moscato)
2 green apples cut into slices (I saved myself some work and got them already sliced from my Walmart produce section)

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Directions

Combine all ingredients in large pitcher. Chill and serve.
Add extra slice of Apple as garnish

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