DASH-Inspired Vegetable Stew

This stew is built the way DASH-style eating generally recommends: vegetable-heavy, low in added salt, and flavored with herbs and spices instead of a heavy hand on the salt shaker.

No-salt-added canned tomatoes and low-sodium broth do a lot of the quiet work here, keeping the base of the stew genuinely low in sodium without you having to think about it too hard — which lines up directly with the recipe's heart-healthy and high-blood-pressure tags. Smoked paprika and thyme step in to add depth where salt normally would, and a full vegetable lineup — carrot, bell pepper, zucchini, spinach or kale — keeps the pot filling and colorful. Nothing here is fried or heavy on oil, just a single tablespoon to start the sauté.

Let it simmer uncovered so it thickens slightly, and stir the greens in right at the end so they keep some bite.