10 Best HelloFresh Low Sodium Recipes 2024: Rated

You’re interested in HelloFresh and trying to keep your sodium levels down. Are there any HelloFresh low sodium recipes?

The company offers an online cookbook with instructions for many meal kits, but it doesn’t have a dedicated low-sodium plan. These recipes (and all HelloFresh menu items) include complete nutritional information, so it’s easy to find delicious lower-sodium meals.

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 found that the recipes were well outlined and resulted in super tasty meals.

If you like the recipes on this list, you’ll love a HelloFresh subscription. Read on for a guide to the best HelloFresh low-sodium meals you can eat!

The Best HelloFresh Recipes Reviewed

1. Salmon en Papillote with Couscous Pilaf – Best HelloFresh Low Sodium Recipe

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! 

Meal delivery services can teach you tasty new ways to enjoy your dinner while sticking to your diet. Once you learn how to cook meals like this, you’ll never miss the salt.

2. Garlic Lime Chicken with Avocado Tomatillo Salsa – Best Low-Sodium Mexican Recipe

Tomatillos are 1 of Mexico’s best-kept secrets. Peel back their papery outer husks and they look like tiny green tomatoes. Bite into 1 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 1 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.

3. Hoisin Sriracha Pork & Pineapple Stir-Fry – Best Low-Sodium Asian Recipe

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’s sweet and savory, and it contains just 410 mg of sodium. After you brown ground pork, chopped long green pepper, and pineapple, pour in a mixture of sriracha, hoisin sauce, and pineapple juice. Serve this atop nutty black rice studded with sesame seeds and scallion greens. 

Prepping this meal takes around 5 minutes. Throw in 15 minutes to prepare it and you’ve got a meal ready to eat in less time than it takes for a delivery person to arrive.

4. Pan-Seared Chicken with Herbs de Provence – Best Low-Sodium French Recipe

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.

Cook chicken breasts in a pan after sprinkling them with herbes de Provence. Then, serve the meal atop a base of nutty farro (a nutritious high-protein grain) mixed with minced shallots, mozzarella, and Roma tomatoes, then drizzled with sweet and sour honey and balsamic vinegar dressing.

The dish combines the best of renowned French and Italian cuisines, providing excellent value. So, you can hardly make a mistake by ordering this particular meal and having it for lunch or dinner.

5. Country Gravy Pork Chops – HelloFresh’s Best Southern Low-Sodium Recipe

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.

One-eighth of a teaspoon of salt contains a bit under 300 mg of sodium. So if you sprinkled that over a 2-serving meal you’d still have a quite acceptable 500 mg sodium per serving. Alternatively, you could use a salt substitute of your choice.

You’ll like this dish if you need to take a break from sodium. You’ll love it even more if you're a fan of tender meat combined with a creamy sauce.

6. Vegetarian Paella with Sweet Peppers & Mushrooms – Best Low-Sodium Veggie Recipe

Vegetarian Paella is the right choice if you want to get more vegetables in your diet. Being 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.

7. Mediterranean Skillet Chicken w/Bulgur Paella – Mediterranean Low-Sodium Meals

HelloFresh prepares this paella with bulgur, a nutritious, fiber-filled grain that cooks up tender and chewy in this recipe. And while its Vegetarian paella was inspired by Spanish cuisine, this 1 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.

8. Persian-Spiced Cauliflower Quinoa Bowl – Low-Sodium & Middle Eastern

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.

If you crave exotic food with honey-like flavors, you should seriously consider this meal. It's also great if you avoid gluten but don't mind a spicy meal.

9. Pecan-Crusted Trout with Apple-Studded Salad – Best Low-Sodium Gourmet Plus Meal

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. And 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.

10. When Steak Met Potatoes – A Lower-Sodium Steak Splurge

When Steak Met Potatoes, its take on steak au poivre, 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? Try kale in sour cream for a delicious superfood side dish! At 598 mg sodium per serving, this steak recipe is 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.

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FAQs

Does HelloFresh have a lot of sodium?

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.

What is the recommended daily amount 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.

What are the best meals in HelloFresh?

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.