Egg Nog and ???

**Five-0** · 12-23-10, 09:30 PM

Tis the time of year for Egg Nog recipes and things that are mixed and made with Egg Nog. I have personally never made nor do I have any homemade Egg Nog recipes. I usually by some Barbour's or Southern Comfort brand nog and mix it with either some Gentleman Jack or Bicardi Select Dark Rum.

Ideas Ideas, let's have them. Any simple holiday snacks and treat would be appreciated too.

**MacLean** · 12-23-10, 10:07 PM

I had some of the Gentleman Jack with eggnogg yesterday evening. Good stuff!

**Buttercup** · 12-23-10, 10:10 PM

Eggnog is one thing that I don't ever make from scratch, I always buy it and I always add a little milk because it's almost too heavy and sweet. I am right with you on the Bacardi Select. Sometimes I'll add Jack Daniels, Kahlua, or B&B (Benedictine & brandy).

As for very simple holiday snacks, spinach dip is a fast and easy thing to make. You need a cup of mayo, a cup of sour cream, a 10oz package of frozen spinach (thawed and squeezed as dry as possible), 1 packet of dry vegetable soup mix, and some people like to add drained and chopped water chestnuts. Mix it all together and refrigerate it for an hour or so before serving.

Toasted chickpeas are good and easy to make. Combine maybe 3 TBS vegetable oil, roughly a tsp of salt, 1 1/2 tsp of chili pepper (if you use chili powder increase it to 2 tsp and don't add the salt), 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/4-1/2 tsp red pepper, and 2 cans (I think they're 15oz) of chickpeas (drained). Spread the the beans on a cookie sheet and bake them for 15-20 minutes or so until they're light brown and crisp.

"Jezebel" sauce on cream cheese is good and easy. Combine pineapple or apricot preserves with apple jelly and horseradish (4 parts pineapple/apricot, 4 parts apple, 1 part or more to taste horseradish), refrigerate for a few hours and pour it over an 8 oz block of cream cheese. It's been a very long time since I've made it, but I think I might have used plum preserves instead of the pineapple or apricot....I remember the finished product was a reddish color, lol, so I must have used whatever I had in the refrigerator.

Those are pretty simple and off the top of my head, I'll give it a little more thought. One of the things I'll be making this weekend is a goat cheese spread with figs and pistachios.