Berry Overnight Oats
Cold and creamy, gone purple from berries that bleed overnight and sweetened by dates that soften as they soak. Stir it together at night; it's spoonable by morning.
Contains peanut · soy
§03 · Recipes · low-sodium
Low-sodium.
Once sodium becomes a number you track, every label turns into homework. Every dish here stays under a hard per-serving line as written, and the seasoning leans on spices, acid, and alliums to carry what salt usually would.
300 mg sodium or less per serving · 14 of 30 recipes
Red Lentil Dal
Creamy and warming. Coconut and red lentils melt into something that tastes slow-cooked.
Aaron Chow Breakfast
A warm bowl of oats, berries, seeds, and nuts, unsweetened and finished with a spoon of peanut butter. Seven years of tuning toward near-complete nutrition.
Contains tree nut · peanut · soy
Blueberry-Walnut Baked Oatmeal
Soft, cakey oat squares with jammy blueberries, toasted walnuts, and warm cinnamon. Bake a pan on Sunday and grab a square on the way out the door all week.
Contains tree nut · soy
Burrito Bowl
Lime-brightened rice, spiced black beans and corn, and a tangle of quick-pickled onion for punch. The beans come together while the rice cooks, and it packs cold into a lunch box.
Cashew Mac & Cheese
A cheesy-tasting sauce blended from cashews and soft vegetables, built on slow-softened onion for savory depth. Rich and creamy with no dairy in sight.
Contains gluten · tree nut · soy
Coconut Chia Pudding
Coconut and vanilla set overnight into a silky, spoonable pudding, rippled with crushed strawberry. Five minutes at night and it thickens itself by morning.
Contains soy
Hummus
Whipped pale and fluffy, bright with lemon and garlic softened in the juice. Five minutes in a blender and it's done.
Contains sesame
Lemon Quinoa Salad
Bright, herby quinoa with chickpeas, corn, and peas in a punchy lemon dressing it soaks up as it sits. Made to be packed cold and eaten straight from the fridge.
Maple Nut Granola
Big, craggy clusters, lightly sweet with maple and vanilla. One sheet pan, pressed flat and left alone to set, covers breakfast and snacks for a week.
Contains tree nut
Peanut-Date Energy Bites
Chewy and salted-sweet, with peanut butter and soft dates blitzed into a no-bake dough. A few minutes in the processor, then the fridge firms them up.
Contains peanut
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
A soft-baked sweet potato split open over warm-spiced crispy chickpeas, warm spinach, and a garlicky lemon-tahini drizzle, finished with a scatter of pepitas. The oven does the work — barely any cleanup.
Contains sesame
Sweet Potato & Chickpea Bowl
Roasted sweet potato and crispy spiced chickpeas over quinoa, finished with a lemon-tahini drizzle. The template dinner you can build from whatever's in reach.
Contains sesame
Tofu Scramble
A savory, protein-heavy breakfast in one pan — crumbled tofu browned, then coated in a golden turmeric sauce. The counterweight to a sweet bowl of oats.
Contains soy