P2Spice.com

Our new website is in development, but in the meantime P2Spice.com redirects to our Square Market page.  You can find all the spices we have available there and order them online or come out and see us at the Gretna Farmer's Markets most Saturdays 8:30 am to 12:30 pm rain or shine.

Our new signature blend, Geaux2, along with Creole and Blacken will be the first in our venture into the retail arena.  Curry, Jerk, and Greek will be the next three.  We're very excited about this and could not have done it without our wonderful customers!

We're Now on Squareup Market!

Check us out on Squareup Market.

 https://squareup.com/market/p2-s-spice-company 

Iced Pumpkin (or Apple) Cookies

(Substitute Apples Delight for Beyond Pumpkin and apple sauce for pumpkin puree for Iced Apple Cookies)

Dough 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 teaspoons P2's Beyond Pumpkin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing 2 cups confectioners' sugar 3 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Options: Add a little P2’s Beyond Pumpkin Add chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, P2's Beyond Pumpkin, and salt; set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoons; flatten slightly.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.

To Make Glaze: Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.  ** Cream cheese icing can be substituted in place of the glaze.

P2's Spices Basic Instructions

Apples Delight – Peel and core some apples then slice.  Place in aluminum foil then sprinkle with Apples Delight and brown sugar.  Bake at 350 for 20-45 minutes until desired tenderness is achieved.  Tastes like you plucked the apples right out of a pie.

Asian 5 Spice – Used in Asian cuisine.  Marinade meat in olive oil and soy sauce then sprinkle with our Asian 5 Spice.  Add ginger of choice (fresh or dried).  Broil until desired doneness is achieved.

Beyond Pumpkin – Sprinkle on sweet potatoes, carrots, winter squash, or even pumpkin then bake as usual.  Enjoy!  Try our version of Iced Pumpkin Cookies!  Ask Pete for the recipe.

Chai – Add ¼ to ½ teaspoon to your tea, coffee, or hot chocolate (more or less to taste) or add it to your rice pudding or oatmeal.

Creole – Goes on anything; veggies, fish, pork, poultry, beef, and even scrambled eggs.  As with all of our spices, use it while cooking not after.

Chili Powder – Use as you would any store bought Chili Powder

Curry – Curries can be meat-based or be strictly vegetables.  Both are equally delicious.

Fajita – Use in place of the Chili Powder in your fajita recipe

Garam Masala – Used in Indian and South Asian cooking and pairs well with Curry.

Greek – Coat chicken or pork with olive oil then sprinkle with our Greek.  Bake or broil until desired doneness is achieved.  Spectacular and no salt is necessary during or after cooking.

Italian – Use in place of Italian seasoning.  Marinade meat in olive oil and soy sauce then sprinkle with our Italian.  Broil until desired doneness is achieved.

Jerk –Combine honey, Jerk, and hot peppers of choice then blend, food process, or our favorite throw in the Bullet to chop up.  Marinate pork or poultry in concoction above.  Broil until desired doneness is achieved.  Or sprinkle Jerk, brown sugar, and cayenne pepper on meat and broil as above.

Rosemary Chicken Salad – Mix chopped cooked chicken with mayo then sprinkle surface with Rosemary Chicken Salad.  Mix well.  Taste.  If desired, repeat.  Options: Add chopped bell peppers, onions, pickles, celery, apples, walnuts, etc.  Can also be used to roast any poultry such as Chicken or Cornish Game Hens.

Taco – 2 teaspoons – 1 tablespoon per pound of ground meat for authentic Mexican taste.  This is not like the packets from the store or Taco Bell.

How Time Flies...

It's been a while since we've had the opportunity to post here.  Blending spices and developing new recipes has kept us happily busy.  We hope that as this year comes to a close you will be blessed, fortunate, and have the best of luck.  2014 promises to be an exciting year.

So much has been happening in the past month and a half...

• Gifted 1070 jars and 1400 caps by a wonderful local vendor
• Built relationships with two new vendors that are wonderful
• Packaged our 200th jar of spices

We're going to start carrying 2 jars every spice we use with us at the Gretna Farmers Market on Saturdays.  I've had people looking for ginger, white pepper, turmeric, chipotle, sage, ground thyme, ground bay leaf, and several others.  Some of these I was able to satisfy in subsequent weeks.  I'm hoping to provide immediate gratification of those requests in the near future.

Poultry Seasoning has been added to our list of spice blends to make our own version of.  We have nearly a dozen new blends in the works.  The first quarter of 2014 should be a great time of introducing the new ones as they are developed and tested.

Our spice rack will be changing shape in the next few weeks.  This new design will allow us to transport our spice blends using the rack to carry them.  No longer will we require a tote to contain them.  No longer will we have to unload the tote, set them up on the rack, then unload the rack and put them back in the tote when done for the day.

Please post your feedback about our spices here and on facebook.com/p2spice.  We'd love to hear from you!

New Business Card

Why Spices?

So glad you asked!

Our journey into creating our line of artisan spices started when my current wife entered my life.  She has an intolerance to garlic and I had to learn how to cook without it.  Most of the commercially available Creole spice blends have garlic in them, so that wasn't an option for me any longer.  I sought to find a way to get the same flavor without having the garlic in it.  

My research for recipes for Creole spice blends opened up a whole new world to me that wasn't apparent before.  I created a way to develop my own blends based on what I learned from others and made them completely my own version.  My experience cooking and experimenting with different spices gave me the foundation necessary for what is now the secret to my success.

Additional health issues throughout my own family fueled my desire to provide healthy options without compromising flavor.  I have high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic, my wife on the other hand has low blood pressure and is hypoglycemic (not diagnosed, but her blood sugar drops like a rock), my mother-in-law gets migraines if she has MSG, and a friend of hers can't have gluten.

My wife's family is 100% Italian/Sicilian and most of them have some level of intolerance to garlic.  I've said since I met her that they must all be vampires!  There's no other way to explain why they can't have garlic.  I have an affinity for garlic and have commenced roasting it every Saturday morning to sell at the Gretna Farmers Market along with our artisan spices.

P2's Spice Company was founded for the purpose of creating an artisan spice line to satisfy the above desire to cook healthy great-tasting food without the sugar, salt, MSG, preservatives, and gluten.  We use no anti-caking agents as they are not necessary when water-soluble ingredients like sugar and salt are excluded.  The company is for the sole benefit of our son PJ aka P2 (since he's the II).

PJ and the Pumpkin

You can find use nearly every Saturday morning 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Gretna Farmers Market on Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna headed toward the Court House.