- Hey, I'm Nathan Josias.
I'm a model and a French plant-based chef.
Today, we are at Borough market in London,
to select some fresh ingredients
for my favorite summer bowl.
Let's go.
I love Borough market.
It's such a vibrant place,
and I'm sure I can always find fresh and delicious product.
Wow. This shop is actually perfect.
I think I'll find everything I need here.
It's chemical free.
We have home grown asparagus. It's in season.
These one are really beautiful,
I like it, this color, and these one are cute.
I think both will go really well in the summer bowl.
They get in the bag.
Shopping local is so important for me.
I can create contact with the farmer,
and at the same time,
I'm sure I always get fresh and tasty products.
Melon is definitely one of my favorite fruit
when it comes to the summer.
So I will add it to the summer bowl.
It will give a lot of freshness and a bit of a sweet taste.
Look at these ones.
I love the color.
The way I make my summer bowl, usually,
and even all type of salad,
I just go with the rainbow.
So I try to choose many different colors.
And here we have really different colors
with this beautiful radish.
So, I'm definitely going to put them in my summer bowl.
We have beautiful spinach here.
You know, spinach are full of iron.
So, I will add them as the main green in my summer bowl.
Next, I went to Food and Forest
to learn more about nuts in my local area.
I'm making a summer bowl,
I would like to put some English nuts.
So which one are the English one?
- So we have actually two different nuts
that we actually grow here in Kent,
in Sev, near Sevenoaks,
which is just about 30 miles from here.
And everything else comes from regenerative farming,
from a project, from different countries.
Regenerative farming,
it's a method of trying to keep the soil
as healthy as possible, which gives you healthier,
and then of course, tastier nut as well.
- There was so much to choose from,
but I decided to take some local English walnuts.
I'm excited to escape the weather
with the delicious summer bowl I'm about to make.
Living in London always have been a dream of mine.
So even on a rainy day, the city have so much charm for me.
(upbeat music)
Now that we have all the ingredients we need,
it's time to head home and get cooking.
We're back in the kitchen,
and there is only two ingredients we're gonna cook.
So we're going to start preparing them
before we start to prepare all the rest of the ingredients.
We gonna simmer these cute asparagus
that we had earlier for 10 minutes in water.
And for these beans,
I ask them, it's the first time I see them,
they just beautiful, purple and white.
I just have to put them in boiling water
for about 10 minutes or so.
To make it simple,
I filled the sink with water,
so I can wash my spinach,
and my beautiful radish at the same time.
I used to hate radish when I was a kid,
and one day, out of the blue,
I start to like them.
And now I put them in every salad I make.
During my cooking training,
we had few days when making only pastry,
and to balance that,
every lunch, we were eating salads.
So I deeply recommend you,
if one day you eat too much sweetness, too much sugar,
just go for a salad,
and everything will go away.
Before chopping my spinach, I'm gonna drain them.
Be able to use the salad spinner
was the only reason I always wanted to prepare salad
when I was a kid.
Okay, now it's time to scoop out the melon and slice up.
Chop the strawberries,
drain off the beans we just boiled.
We had these amazing British walnuts,
and unfortunately, I don't have anything to crush them.
So I'm just gonna adapt and use a mortar.
I'm gonna make a really simple dressing
with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon, and mustard.
I'm gonna finish it with salt and pepper.
I'm gonna add a lot of different color to my summer bowl,
because for me, this is what summer is all about.
Different fruits, different vegetables,
and at the same time,
that help you to make sure that you have all type of vitamin
from your vegetable and fruit.
The beans are gonna provide protein in this dish.
I'm gonna top a bit,
some walnuts,
and this is totally optional,
but you can add some vegan feta.
I'm gonna finish off with my beautiful asparagus,
and my mustard dressing.
I also get some fresh bread at the market.
Just delicious.
I think with salad, bread is a must have,
and it's already beautiful.
I mean, all these colors, I just want to dive in it.
Hmm!
Wow!
The taste of the melon is actually unbelievable.
So good. It changed everything in this salad.
If you add the vegan feta,
you absolutely don't need to add any salt,
not too much in the dressing and not at the end,
because already really salty,
and it balance perfectly, the sweetness of the strawberries.
This dish is so refreshing.
If you wanna cool down, just make this salad,
and it's just amazing.
It's Nathan Josias for LIVEKINDLY.
What would you add in your summer bowl?
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Au revoir!