3 Easy Superbowl Recipes
- Melanie

- Feb 14, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 13, 2025
Melanie Underwood, founder of Nourish and Gather and author of Making Artisan Cheesecake, was featured in Westchester Magazine discussing easy to make Super Bowl recipes and how to have the ultimate Superbowl party.

Make This Refreshing Sangria for Game Day in Westchester
By Ryan Noel
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Melanie Underwood founded Gather Culinary in 2022 with the goal to help individuals gain confidence and creativity in the kitchen. Through after-school programs, adult classes, camps, and even retreats, Gather Culinary hopes to inspire connection and community via cooking. Underwood has 27 years of experience as a culinary instructor and is a certified high school culinary arts teacher. She teaches in her home kitchen in Yonkers and harvests produce from her garden to use in the dishes. After the meal is complete and lessons are learned, the class sits together to enjoy the meal and converse with one another
Along with gifting her culinary knowledge to Westchester’s hungry minds, Underwood lists recipes on her website. In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, she shared a recipe with us for you and your guests to enjoy in Westchester.
“I like making dishes that you can prepare in advance, so you aren’t rushing the day of,” she explains. In fact, making a pitcher of this sangria is probably one of the easiest routes you can take when hosting a party.
Game-Day Sangria
This easy-to-make sangria pitcher is sure to be the star of the show this Super Bowl Sunday.
Ingredients
Sangria
2 bottles Rioja
1 bottle prosecco
1 cup Cointreau
1 cup orange juice
2 cups seltzer
2 cups simple syrup
2 sliced oranges
4 limes cut into 8 wedges, each
1 sliced lemon
Simple Syrup
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Directions
For the sangria:
Combine all ingredients in a pitcher.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Serve cold over ice.
Garnish with sliced oranges.
For the simple syrup:
Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool. Refrigerate until ready to use.








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