morituke ga kirei da to, kantanna ryouri de mo motto oisisou ni miemasu.

盛り付け（もりつけ） means the arrangement or presentation of food on a plate.

In this sentence, it refers to how the dish is plated. So it is not about cooking the food itself, but about how it looks when served.

Here, が marks 盛り付け as the subject of the clause:

• 盛り付けがきれいだ = the plating is beautiful / the presentation is pretty

A learner might expect は, but が is natural here because the sentence is presenting the plating as the thing that has the quality きれい.

So the first part is basically:

• If the plating is nice...

きれいだと means if it is pretty / when it is pretty.

Breakdown:

• きれい = pretty, clean, সুন্দর-looking
• だ = copula used with a na-adjective / noun-like predicate
• と = conditional particle, often meaning if or when

So:

• 盛り付けがきれいだと = if the presentation is pretty

In this sentence, と expresses a natural result:

• If the plating is nice, even a simple dish looks more delicious.

Because きれい is a na-adjective, and when it is used as the predicate of a sentence, it needs the copula だ in plain form.

So:

• きれいだ = is pretty

When you attach と to make a conditional, you attach it to the full plain form:

• きれいだ + と → きれいだと

This is similar to:

• 静かだと = if it is quiet
• 便利だと = if it is convenient

You cannot say きれいと in this meaning.

簡単 is a na-adjective, so when it directly modifies a noun, you use な.

• 簡単な料理 = a simple dish / simple cooking

Compare:

• 簡単だ = it is simple
• 簡単な料理 = a simple dish

So the な is required because 簡単 is describing the noun 料理.

Here, でも means even.

So:

• 簡単な料理でも = even a simple dish

This emphasizes that something surprising is true even in a less impressive case. In other words:

• Even food that is simple can look more delicious if it is plated nicely.

This is a very common use of でも after nouns:

• 子どもでもできる = Even a child can do it
• 安い店でもおいしい = Even cheap places are tasty

おいしそう means looks delicious or seems delicious.

It comes from:

• おいしい = delicious
• ～そう = looks / seems

So:

• おいしそう = looks tasty

This does not mean the speaker has tasted it. It is based on appearance.

The に turns おいしそう into an adverbial form so it can modify 見えます.

• おいしそう = delicious-looking
• おいしそうに = in a delicious-looking way
• 見えます = appears / looks

So:

• おいしそうに見えます = looks delicious

This pattern is common:

• 元気そうに見える = looks energetic
• 幸せそうに見える = looks happy

Because 見える and 見る mean different things.

• 見る = to look at / to see intentionally
• 見える = to be visible / to appear / to look

In this sentence, the meaning is not someone looks at the food, but rather the food appears more delicious.

So:

• もっとおいしそうに見えます = it looks even more delicious

That is why 見えます is the natural choice here.

もっと means more.

So:

• もっとおいしそうに見えます = looks more delicious

It suggests comparison, usually with how it would look without nice plating.

So the idea is:

• If the presentation is attractive, even a simple dish looks more delicious than it otherwise would.

The sentence has this basic structure:

• A と、B
• If/when A, B happens

Applied here:

• 盛り付けがきれいだと、簡単な料理でももっとおいしそうに見えます。

Literally:

• If the plating is pretty, even simple dishes look more delicious.

A natural English translation would be:

• If food is plated nicely, even a simple dish looks more delicious.

So the sentence is saying that presentation affects how tasty food seems.

No. This と is a conditional と, not the and/with と.

Japanese と has several uses. For example:

• AとB = A and B
• 友だちと行く = go with a friend
• 春になると暖かくなる = when spring comes, it gets warm

In your sentence, it is the conditional use:

• きれいだと = if it is pretty / when it is pretty

So here と links a condition with its result.