You ever try to 'dress up' cheap instant food?

[Ns1]

instant pho w/ brisket

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yup. You can do a lot with adding various meat/veggies to a bowl of ramen.

You can "stretch" most TV dinners by adding appropriate ingredients. (Most pasta dishes could do with some more veggies. These usually need some more rice added.)

Adding toppings to a frozen cheese pizza is also a time-honored tradition.

You can spruce up store-bought tomato sauce by browning some garlic powder and olive oil in a pan, pouring in the sauce and a glass of red wine, and then cooking a couple hamburger patties in it.

 

[Carson Dyle]

You can spruce up store-bought tomato sauce by browning some garlic powder and olive oil in a pan, pouring in the sauce and a glass of red wine, and then cooking a couple hamburger patties in it.

I've never heard of browning garlic powder. It's just as easy to use that jarred minced garlic if you're too lazy to mince a fresh clove of garlic.​

 

[Mayne]

I've never heard of browning garlic powder. It's just as easy to use that jarred minced garlic if you're too lazy to mince a fresh clove of garlic.​

you are getting away from the whole spirit of the op.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I've never heard of browning garlic powder. It's just as easy to use that jarred minced garlic if you're too lazy to mince a fresh clove of garlic.​

I feel like it gets the flavor into the oil a little bit better.

I'm always lazy.