How to Use: Simply add nutmeg by sprinkling the spice into your cooking, use conservatively as too much Nutmeg can be bad for you. Nutmeg can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes. The spice compliments creamy and cheese dishes/sauces, soups, meats and is used in a number of spice blends such as Garam masala. For sweet dishes nutmeg can be used in cakes, custard, milky puddings and can also be used in drinks such as mulled wine and egg nog.