Recipe Reduction 21-20

Red Potato Bundles
from A Taste of Home

Pointless.  I've made potatoes with rosemary before and liked them, but those were roasted in the oven with olive oil or butter. This called for onion and garlic and cheese, then rolling it all up in a square of aluminum foil and grilling it. I thought they'd make a good camping food.

But something failed to translate. These were just pointless.

Roasted Acorn Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
from A BEAUTIFUL PLATE by Laura Davidson

Not bad at all, but I'm not an acorn squash fan. For reasons unknown, the CSA likes to grow them.  I much prefer butternut, delicatta, or pumpkin. However, this recipe's suggestion of pairing the flavorless squash with yummy sweet potatoes was sound. Very sound.

One question: it has you roast the squash and sweet potatoes, but you mince (finely) and sautee the onion.  Then you put it all together and puree in a blender.  Did it really matter that you minced the onion, let alone, finely?  Did it really matter that you sauteed the onion at all?  Why not just cut it in half and toss it on the baking sheet to roast along with the rest?

People really need to think about reducing unnecessary steps when writing down recipes.  I think it would have been just as good, and maybe better, if I'd roasted the onion.  And certainly easier!