HelloFresh doesn’t have a dedicated low-sodium plan, but every recipe includes complete nutritional information (including sodium). This means it’s easy to identify lower-sodium meals if you don’t mind doing a bit of digging through its online cookbook.
You can find plenty of low-sodium options from HelloFresh. I’ve studied those recipes and weighed customer feedback to bring you HelloFresh’s best low-sodium recipes. I’ve also consulted with my colleague who reviewed HelloFresh and found that the recipes were well outlined and resulted in super tasty meals.
All of HelloFresh’s recipes arrive as meal kits, so you have plenty of flexibility to swap or omit ingredients to limit the sodium even further. If you try out these recipes without subscribing, just bear in mind that you’ll have to source all the ingredients yourself.
Salmon en Papillote with Couscous Pilaf – Best HelloFresh low-sodium recipe
Garlic Lime Chicken with Avocado Tomatillo Salsa – Best low-sodium Mexican recipe
Hoisin Sriracha Pork & Pineapple Stir-Fry – Best low-sodium Asian Recipe
Pan-Seared Chicken with Herbs de Provence – Best low-sodium French recipe
Country Gravy Pork Chops – Best low-sodium Southern recipe
Key Features
90 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
Salmon en Papillote with Couscous Pilaf and Asparagus is HelloFresh’s #1 low-sodium recipe with only 90 mg of sodium. The elegant tarragon chive sauce makes this dish something you’d expect in a restaurant. But making this dish couldn’t be easier.
It may be low in salt, but this meal is certainly not short on flavor or nutrition. All you need is a baking sheet and some aluminum foil. Wrap the salmon in foil packets, then roast it with the asparagus. Put it atop some couscous, sauce it with chopped tarragon and chives in olive oil, and dinner is served!
Nutrition | Calories: 540 cal |
Ingredients | Yellow onion, lemon, asparagus, chives, tarragon, couscous, skin-on salmon |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Aluminum foil, baking sheet |
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140 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Medium
Tomatillos are 1 of Mexico’s best-kept secrets. Peel back their papery outer husks and they look like tiny green tomatoes. Bite into them and you get a tart, bright blast of citrus flavor. Roast them, as in this recipe, and you get a sweet, tart, smoky sensation.
This recipe combines roasted tomatillos with avocado, shallot, garlic, and hot-sweet jalapeno. (Add this to taste, or leave it out if you don’t like the heat). The chicken is rubbed with a mix of honey, garlic, and lime zest, briefly pan-fried, then finished in the oven.
HelloFresh’s Garlic Lime Chicken’s difficulty is Medium. It requires you to keep an eye on a couple of things as they’re cooking simultaneously. Pay attention and follow the instructions and you’ll be rewarded with a low-sodium Mexican flavor experience.
Nutrition | Calories: 640 cal |
Ingredients | Tomatillos, corn on the cob, lime, garlic, shallot, jalapeño, chicken breasts, honey, avocado |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper, sugar, butter |
Utensils | Baking sheet, zester, large pan, bowl, small bowl |
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410 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 20 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
HelloFresh’s Hoisin Sriracha Pork and Pineapple Stir-Fry has a great taste and none of the high sodium worries that come with takeout. And with its 1-pan preparation, making this dish is easier than finding a menu!
The dish is sweet and savory and contains just 410 mg of sodium. Prepping this meal takes around 5 minutes. Throw in 15 minutes to cook it and you’ve got a meal ready to eat in less time than it takes for a delivery person to arrive.
Nutrition | Calories: 830 cal |
Ingredients | Long green pepper, scallions, ground pork, pineapple, hoisin sauce, cornstarch, sriracha, microwavable black rice, sesame seeds |
Essentials | Vegetable oil, salt, pepper, butter |
Utensils | One pan, medium bowl, small bowl, whisk |
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390 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
This HelloFresh meal is as tasty as it gets, although many people think low-sodium meals must be bland. The key is adding many different tastes to your food. Pan-Seared Chicken with Herbes de Provence is easy to cook, yet gives your tastebuds a sweet, sour, and savory taste explosion with only 390 mg of sodium.
Instead of salt, this tasty chicken recipe relies on herbes de Provence. This blend of tarragon, lavender, fennel, and a few other spices has a complex flavor palate. It works on anything from savory to sweet dishes and will likely become a staple in your kitchen.
Nutrition | Calories: 590 cal |
Ingredients | Chicken breasts, farro, grape tomatoes, herbes de provence, balsamic vinegar, honey, shallot, fresh mozzarella |
Essentials | Cooking oil, olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Pot, small bowl, large pan |
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350 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
Country Gravy Pork Chops is packed with nutrients and only 350 mg of sodium. So while Southern cooking has a reputation for being tasty but unhealthy, with some dishes being salt bombs, this recipe proves it doesn't have to be.
Collard greens, a Southern staple, add fiber, flavor, and lots of vitamins A and C. And while many Southern recipes are tasty but fatty, this recipe uses oven-roasted diced potatoes and a lean, tender pork chop.
This recipe instructs you to salt and pepper to taste when you’re done roasting the potatoes. Note that this salt content isn’t included in the sodium count.
Nutrition | Calories: 560 cal |
Ingredients | Yukon gold potatoes, yellow onion, collard greens, flour, cajun spice blend, pork chops, chicken stock concentrate, sour cream |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Baking sheet, large pan, shallow dish |
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241 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 40 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Medium
Vegetarian Paella is the right choice if you want to get more vegetables in your diet. It’s a classic crispy-crusted 100% plant-based paella that comes in at just 241 mg of sodium per serving. It contains sweet peppers, mushrooms, and rosemary.
This is 1 of HelloFresh’s Medium difficulty recipes. You’ll need to do a good bit of chopping, and you also need to add and remove ingredients at different times. While the instructions are clear, make sure you have everything you need for each step of the process before you start.
HelloFresh offers a Vegetarian menu, and also has many choices for those who want to eat more vegetables and fewer red meats. This Vegetarian Paella is a healthy and delicious introduction to vegan cooking and a great way to increase your plant intake.
Nutrition | Calories: 401 cal |
Ingredients | Red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, garlic, Roma tomato, button mushrooms, rosemary, smoked paprika, turmeric, veggie stock concentrate, basmati rice, lemon |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Large pan |
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297 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
HelloFresh prepares this paella with bulgur, a nutritious, fiber-filled grain that cooks up tender and chewy in this recipe. And while the Vegetarian paella above was inspired by Spanish cuisine, this recipe looks to Mediterranean North Africa and musky, sweet dried apricots.
This recipe isn’t difficult to cook if you follow instructions, but you need to make sure you have a zester and peeler on hand. That’s because this skillet chicken relies on the bright floral tang of lemon zest.
HelloFresh rates this recipe “Easy,” but its preparation is very similar to the Vegetarian paella listed above, which is rated “Medium.” You should always read through HelloFresh recipes before you start cooking, and decide for yourself if the recipe is too complicated for you.
Nutrition | Calories: 508 cal |
Ingredients | Carrots, chicken breasts, bulgur wheat, zucchini, dried apricots, parsley, lemon, chicken stock concentrate, red onion |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Peeler, zester, large pan, baking dish |
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241 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 35 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
This meal is an atypical Middle Eastern recipe. Food from this region is great, true, but many Middle Eastern recipes are heavy on sodium. While olives may be off the menu on a low-sodium diet, this Persian-Spiced Cauliflower Quinoa Bowl will give you a vegetarian flavor extravaganza without a lot of salt.
In this dish, the combination adds fragrant floral notes that heighten the sweetness of the sweet potatoes, while the pepper and paprika add some zing to the mild cauliflower and nutty quinoa. And as an added bonus, many of these spices have anti-inflammatory effects.
The Persian spice blend used in this recipe is called baharat and you can buy it in Middle Eastern stores or online. Baharat combines cumin, coriander, and turmeric with a touch of smoky paprika and black pepper.
Nutrition | Calories: 630 cal |
Ingredients | Tri-colored quinoa, cauliflower florets, avocado, sour cream, lime, sweet potatoes, red onion, cilantro, spinach, spicy Persian seasoning |
Essentials | Olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Small pot, baking sheet, small bowl, large bowl |
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350 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 35 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Medium
The Pecan-Crusted Trout recipe is a plate of buttery steelhead trout in a crunchy crushed pecan topping. It also contains thyme-roasted potato rounds and a salad of mixed greens and apple slices. It’s the kind of meal you might expect at a 4-star restaurant, on your table in 35 minutes.
This meal is HelloFresh’s Gourmet Plus dish. This line provides you with high-quality ingredients along with clear, detailed instructions that you can follow without a culinary school degree. And all this comes in with only 350 mg of sodium – around 15% of the recommended 2,300 mg daily allowance.
HelloFresh’s Gourmet Plus line costs a bit more (hence the Plus). But it teaches you how to put together fabulous low-sodium meals for special occasions or just for a culinary treat.
Nutrition | Calories: 1,000 cal |
Ingredients | Yukon gold potatoes, thyme, pecans, panko breadcrumbs, honey, dijon mustard, mayonnaise, Columbia River steelhead trout, lemon, apple, mixed greens, butter |
Essentials | Cooking oil, olive oil, salt, pepper |
Utensils | Baking tray, medium bowl, small bowl, paper towel, large bowl |
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598 mg sodium per serving
Total cooking time: 35 minutes
Cooking difficulty: Easy
When Steak Met Potatoes is a bit above the 500 mg/meal sodium ideal. But if you’re going to splurge, why not do it with steak and potatoes? Oven-roasted potatoes, pan-cooked sirloin, peppercorn sauce – what more could you ask for? At 598 mg sodium per serving, this steak recipe is still well within the FDA-recommended 2,300 mg per day allowance.
When Steak Met Potatoes is a healthy indulgence with only 525 calories if you’re going to go a little bit over your restricted sodium diet limits. After all, dieting isn’t an all-or-nothing affair.
Nutrition | Calories: 525 cal |
Ingredients | Sirloin steak, kale, Yukon gold potatoes, shallot, sour cream, black peppercorns, beef stock concentrate |
Essentials | Vegetable oil, salt, pepper, butter |
Utensils | Baking sheet, large pan, pan |
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Prep/cook time | Suitable For | Calories | Sodium Levels | Difficulty Level | |
30 minutes | Pescatarians | 540 | 90 mg | Easy | |
35 minutes | Omnivores | 640 | 140 mg | Medium | |
20 minutes | Omnivores | 830 | 410 mg | Easy | |
30 minutes | Omnivores | 590 | 390 mg | Easy | |
30 minutes | Omnivores | 560 | 350 mg | Easy | |
40 minutes | Vegetarians, Vegans | 401 | 241 mg | Medium | |
30 minutes | Omnivores | 508 | 297 mg | Easy | |
35 minutes | Vegetarians | 630 | 240 mg | Easy | |
35 minutes | Pescaterians | 980 | 350 mg | Medium | |
35 minutes | Omnivores | 525 | 598 mg | Easy |
A quick search through HelloFresh’s Recipes reveals sodium levels all over the place. Most HelloFresh meals come in between 800 mg and 1,100 mg of sodium. But there are many meals under 750 mg and quite a few with well under 500 mg of sodium.
While the FDA Dietary Guidelines recommend no more than 2,300 mg of sodium daily, the average American consumes around 3,400 mg in their daily diet. Most dietitians and health professionals define a restricted sodium diet as one with less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day.
The recipes on our list are all suited for a restricted sodium diet, though #10 might be better suited for an occasional splurge.
HelloFresh’s Most Popular tag represents meals that have received the highest ratings from HelloFresh customers. Our #1 entry, Salmon en Papillote with Couscous Pilaf, is on HelloFresh’s Most Popular list, as are several of our other low-sodium entries.