Oven Baked French Fries

By David & Martha Cox 05/10/2010

Awhile back, a friend of mine asked that I post this recipe here on Cook on a Shoestring.  It’s a fairly simple one to make, it costs very little, and it tastes amazing.  I’m talking about Oven Baked French Fries. Now a traditional french fry involves deep-frying a slice of potato in hot oil, draining [...]

A Preview of Coming Attractions

By David & Martha Cox 05/08/2010

It’s another weekend, and once again, I’m on the road–where blogging becomes a little more difficult.  So rather than blog about a particular recipe while I’m away from my kitchen, I decided to post a sort of “meta-blog-post” about some of the things you can expect to see on this website in the near future. [...]

Homemade Root Beer Experiment Part 1: The Concept

By David & Martha Cox 05/07/2010

Back a year or two ago I got the bright idea to try to make some cream soda.  I really like cream soda–particularly IBC Cream Soda–but we didn’t have the money to buy it regularly. Not to be deterred, I set out on Google in search of cream soda recipes; my philosophy has always been [...]

Baked Peaches

By David & Martha Cox 05/05/2010

This is a guest post from Martha’s aunt, Kim.  It utilizes canned fruit, a simple, inexpensive way you can get a serving of fruit without handing over a lot of cash.  While canned fruit isn’t as healthy as fresh (or even frozen) fruit, it is still fruit, and therefore has some of the nutrients found [...]