White Bean & Broccoli Soup
Half the pot blended for body, half left chunky, then lemon off the heat lifts the whole green bowl. On the table in under half an hour.
Contains soy
§03 · Recipes · one-pot
One-pot.
Everything here cooks in one vessel, start to finish. The cutting board and the prep bowl still exist. The tower of pans doesn’t. Dinner, then one thing to wash.
cooks in exactly one vessel · 15 of 30 recipes
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
Aaron Chow Lunch
A thick, boldly spiced one-pot stew of over a dozen vegetables, grains, and legumes, brightened with lime and vinegar. Nearly a complete meal in one bowl.
Crispy Roasted Chickpeas
Crunchy, smoky, and roasted until they shatter. A cooling-oven finish keeps the crunch long after they leave the pan.
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.
Lentil Bolognese
A deep, meaty lentil-and-tomato ragù, part of it blended smooth so it clings to the pasta like the real thing. Long-simmered depth out of a bag of dried lentils.
Contains gluten
Lentil Soup
Brothy and herby, with the lemon going in off the heat so it stays sharp. Thyme keeps it on the Mediterranean side.
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
Minestrone
Chunky and everything-in — beans, pasta, and vegetables in a tomato broth deepened with caramelized tomato paste. Hearty enough to be dinner on its own.
Contains gluten
Spicy Black Bean Soup
Smoky, brothy, and blended just enough to thicken itself. Mexican-leaning comfort that comes together in one pot.
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
Three-Bean Chili
Thick and smoky, with some of the beans mashed into the pot for body and a bright splash of vinegar at the end. Even better the next day.
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
Warm Spiced Oatmeal
Rolled oats toasted until nutty, then simmered creamy with dates, walnuts, and warm spice. Cozy and filling, and worth the few minutes at the stove.
Contains tree nut · soy
Weekend Pancakes
Fluffy and golden, lightly cinnamon-scented, with the tender crumb a splash of vinegar coaxes out of whole-grain flour. The whole slow-weekend ritual, intact.
Contains gluten · soy