If you have any veggies, you can sauté them & add them in to build in the flavor.
AverageInfamous7050
Meat & cheese & sauce. And beer.
CutiePopIceberg
Cheese. Pepper. Salt.
petsrulepeoplesuck
Parmesan
Shieya
I love adding a splash of red wine vinegar to my tomato dishes. I know tomato is already pretty acidic but I like the little extra sourness that another acid adds to a sauce. Plus you only need a little bit to make the flavor slightly more complex, and you can use to to add depth to other dishes as well, so a small bottle will last you a long time and isn’t too expensive.
Hopeful_Channel_7729
Grated Parmesan
Illustrious-Bake3878
Sardines
KudosOfTheFroond
SARDINES
ClavasClub
No one is mentioning cream? When you make the pasta sauce before the tomato sauce goes in add some shallots and garlic, cook for a minute or two, add tomato sauce, reduce, add heavy cream, reduce and adjust viscosity with pasta water. Finish with grated parm.
Boom. Restaurant meal for only a buck or two
Dragonfucker000
Depending on how expensive vegetables are where you live, onion, carrot and celery really add flavor + some fiber. Usually you would dice them tiny by hand, but in my experience you can cube them and then blend the sauce after it’s done cooking if you dont care about the texture change (wait until its cold/room temperature, or use immersion blender)
Also cream
dhtwenty
Chili flakes and a bit of pecorino I’d eat that bowl in 3 mins.
The best way to enjoy pasta is to make your own sauce. I love a mean Sunday sauce with Italian sausage, ribs, triple mix meatballs.
chromeled
All the other suggestions you have are good, but adding a little pat of butter (maybe 2 teaspoon worth but it’s flexible) and 1-4 tablespoon of starchenated pasta water can really elevate the texture of pasta sauce.
emteabee
Anchovies, olives and capers
Teayen44
Honestly just adding a can of beans to it would make it more filling and ad some protein and fiber. I have eaten in a budget like this before and just a small can of kidney beans or black beans does wonders and tastes good with any kind of tomato sauce.
jakelivesay
Goat cheese
JoeMcShnobb
Feta cheese. Or mushrooms. Or meatballs. I’m not a chef tho just fat
3_Fast_5_You
one basil leaf on top
Bob_Lydecker
Two words: Parmigiano Reggiano!!
😙🤌
Gobsmacked_Mongoose
Throw a tin of tuna in with it and some fried onion, courgette and peppers. Mix it all up. Stick it in an oven proof dish with some grated cheddar on top and bake for 10 – 15 mins and you’ve got a nice tuna pasta bake.
holymolas
Duke-Guinea-Pig
Parmesan cheese Black olives Lightly sautéed garlic Sautéed onions Sautéed bell pepper
I often sauté onions, peppers and garlic and then freeze them, just add a handful whenever I make pasta.
SippinOnHatorade
Not one of the top comments is bread. Get yourself a baguette!
cryptic_pizza
Feta
Basil
Sausage
Broccoli
Mastersauce420
Legit any cheese or any spice dude. Any of em.
TargaryenKnight
Jesus Christ. Who would have thought this subreddit name would have so many FUCKING CHEFS giving such GREAT advice
Keep it coming you pasta gods
HuggyMonster69
Poach an egg in the sauce
mjhripple
Some kind of Italian cheese. I prefer mozz but parm or other ones works as well
FusterCluckered
Add mini pepperoni & mozzarella
magniffin
Garlic toast or some other side bread to mop up the sauce you’ll leave on the sides.
mango-ranchero
Low effort – wilt some spinach into the sauce. I like to just chuck the salad aisle bag into the freezer and take what I need.
Medium effort – soak and cook some red lentils and blend (or smash) them into the sauce for added protein and fiber.
Ok-Suggestion1858
Canned chicken and shaker cheese would be a massive improvement. Also get some store brand seasonings like onion, garlic, and Italian. Canned chicken is $1.24 a can here and that will give you a big bite of protein to fuel your body.
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Add more seasoning/spice. Salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, red pepper flake.
Add veggies. Brocolli, brussel sprouts, mushroom.
Add meat. Sauteed chicken, ground beef, sausage.
Fresh mozzarella, parmesan.
Have you never made a pasta dinner before?
Parmesean cheese
canned tuna, cheap protein
Italian sausage, parmesan, oregano
Fresh herbs, parm, maybe a little sausage in it.
Just add cheese like everyone.
Truly, I would destroy that bowl.
If you have any veggies, you can sauté them & add them in to build in the flavor.
Meat & cheese & sauce. And beer.
Cheese. Pepper. Salt.
Parmesan
I love adding a splash of red wine vinegar to my tomato dishes. I know tomato is already pretty acidic but I like the little extra sourness that another acid adds to a sauce. Plus you only need a little bit to make the flavor slightly more complex, and you can use to to add depth to other dishes as well, so a small bottle will last you a long time and isn’t too expensive.
Grated Parmesan
Sardines
SARDINES
No one is mentioning cream? When you make the pasta sauce before the tomato sauce goes in add some shallots and garlic, cook for a minute or two, add tomato sauce, reduce, add heavy cream, reduce and adjust viscosity with pasta water. Finish with grated parm.
Boom. Restaurant meal for only a buck or two
Depending on how expensive vegetables are where you live, onion, carrot and celery really add flavor + some fiber. Usually you would dice them tiny by hand, but in my experience you can cube them and then blend the sauce after it’s done cooking if you dont care about the texture change (wait until its cold/room temperature, or use immersion blender)
Also cream
Chili flakes and a bit of pecorino I’d eat that bowl in 3 mins.
The best way to enjoy pasta is to make your own sauce. I love a mean Sunday sauce with Italian sausage, ribs, triple mix meatballs.
All the other suggestions you have are good, but adding a little pat of butter (maybe 2 teaspoon worth but it’s flexible) and 1-4 tablespoon of starchenated pasta water can really elevate the texture of pasta sauce.
Anchovies, olives and capers
Honestly just adding a can of beans to it would make it more filling and ad some protein and fiber. I have eaten in a budget like this before and just a small can of kidney beans or black beans does wonders and tastes good with any kind of tomato sauce.
Goat cheese
Feta cheese. Or mushrooms. Or meatballs. I’m not a chef tho just fat
one basil leaf on top
Two words: Parmigiano Reggiano!!
😙🤌
Throw a tin of tuna in with it and some fried onion, courgette and peppers. Mix it all up. Stick it in an oven proof dish with some grated cheddar on top and bake for 10 – 15 mins and you’ve got a nice tuna pasta bake.
Parmesan cheese
Black olives
Lightly sautéed garlic
Sautéed onions
Sautéed bell pepper
I often sauté onions, peppers and garlic and then freeze them, just add a handful whenever I make pasta.
Not one of the top comments is bread. Get yourself a baguette!
Feta
Basil
Sausage
Broccoli
Legit any cheese or any spice dude. Any of em.
Jesus Christ. Who would have thought this subreddit name would have so many FUCKING CHEFS giving such GREAT advice
Keep it coming you pasta gods
Poach an egg in the sauce
Some kind of Italian cheese. I prefer mozz but parm or other ones works as well
Add mini pepperoni & mozzarella
Garlic toast or some other side bread to mop up the sauce you’ll leave on the sides.
Low effort – wilt some spinach into the sauce. I like to just chuck the salad aisle bag into the freezer and take what I need.
Medium effort – soak and cook some red lentils and blend (or smash) them into the sauce for added protein and fiber.
Canned chicken and shaker cheese would be a massive improvement. Also get some store brand seasonings like onion, garlic, and Italian. Canned chicken is $1.24 a can here and that will give you a big bite of protein to fuel your body.
Ground beef, Parmesan, Chile flakes. It slaps.
Garlic powder