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Salads

At Inside the Rustic Kitchen, salads are never boring! Here you’ll find everything from simple side salads such as our Fennel Zucchini Salad with Smoked Scamorza to bountiful Summer salads like Tuna Panzanella (made with fresh seared tuna) or Classic Caprese Salad!

And if you’re looking for something hearty and substantial we got you covered, our Winter Salad is one of our favourites. All our salads are super simple, easy and most importantly incredibly delicious!

Marinated summer vegetables in a blue bowl with a padlock in the top right to signify a member only recipe.

Exclusive Recipes

Italian Marinated Summer Vegetables

A sun-dried tomato pasta salad with a padlock sign at the top right hand corner to signify a member only recipe.

Exclusive Recipes

Sun-dried Tomato Pasta Fredda

An orzo pasta salad with grilled veg in a blue bowl with a serving spoon at the side. The background is rustic wood.

Pasta

Orzo Pasta Salad with Grilled Summer Vegetables

An overhead shot in direct sunlight of Sicilian potatoes in a blue bowl with olives and capers.

Sides

Patate Apparecchiate (Sicilian Potatoes with Onions and Olives)

Grilled zucchini with ricotta and chilli on a plate with a padlock sign in the right hand corner to signify member only content.

Exclusive Recipes

Grilled Zucchini with Ricotta and Pine Nuts

A green serving platter with a festive, colourful salad filled with blood orange, raddichio, fennel, pomegranate, pistachios and prosciutto.

Salads

Festive Blood Orange Salad with Fennel and Crispy Prosciutto

A close up of an eggplant and farro salad on a blue patterned plate on a wooden table.

Salads

Eggplant Farro Salad with Chicory and Prosciutto

An overhead shot of a warm farro salad with butternut squash, spinach and gorgonzola.

Salads

Warm Farro Salad with Butternut Squash and Gorgonzola

Cialledda salad in a white bowl sitting on a wooden surface.

Salads

Cialledda (Southern Italian Bread Salad)

A Sicilian potato salad with olives, tomatoes and onions in a blue and white bowl.

Salads

Insalata Pantesca (Sicilian Potato Salad)

Zucchini shrimp pasta salad in a blue and white bowl topped with basil leaves.

Pasta

Zucchini Shrimp Pasta Salad

A traditional Italian rice salad in a bowl sitting on a rustic stone work top.

Salads

Insalata di Riso (Italian Rice Salad)

An overhead shot of cannellini beans, tuna and onion on a white platter.

Salads

Cannellini Bean Salad with Tuna and Tropea Onions

An overhead shot of a fennel and orange salad on a plate topped with mint leaves and pink peppercorns.

Sides

Sicilian Fennel and Orange Salad

Authentic Tuscan Panzanella Salad in a blue patterned bowl with basil around.

Salads

Authentic Tuscan Panzanella Salad

Mozzarella bocconcini in a bowl with basil pesto and tomatoes

Antipasti

Mozzarella Bocconcini, Pesto and Sun Blushed Tomatoes

Steak tagliata on a plate with tomato and mozzarella salad

Mains

Steak Tagliata with Tomato and Mozzarella Salad

An arugula salad in a large serving bowl with shavings of parmesan

Salads

Arugula Salad with lemon and Parmesan

An overhead shot of a tuna potato salad in a large serving bowl

Salads

Italian Tuna Potato Salad

Salads

Chickpea Tuna Salad

An overhead shot of a green bean salad

Salads

Easy Green Bean Salad with Mustard and Garlic Dressing

Salads

Grilled Zucchini Salad with Melon and Prosciutto

An overhead shot of an Italian farro salad in a bowl

Salads

Italian Farro Salad

An overhead shot of a tuna panzanella salad on a large plate

Salads

Tuna Panzanella – Italian Bread Salad

Salads

Tuna White Bean Salad with Basil and Lemon

An overhead shot of a caprese salad with vibrant coloured tomatoes

Salads

Classic Caprese Salad – Easy, Fresh & Delicious

An overhead shot of a white bean salad in a white bowl

Salads

Warm White Bean Salad – Tomato, Prosciutto & Baby Mozzarella

an overhead shot of a grilled chicken caesar salad on a wooden surface

Salads

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

a loaded lentil salad on a pewter plate topped with burrata cheese

Salads

Loaded Lentil Salad With Eggplant And Burrata

courgette salad with fennel and chilli on a large plate

Salads

Fennel Courgette Salad with Smoked Scamorza & Chilli

Salads

A Winter Salad – Spinach, Apple, Gorgonzola & Candied Walnuts

A salad with Bresaola, radicchio, radish and apple in direct sunlight on a large green and white platter.

Salads

Bresaola Salad with Apple and Radicchio

A warm easy bean salad recipe with yellow pepper, eggplant, tomatoes, garlic and delicious fresh herbs. This makes a perfect easy, simple and delicoius dinner or lunch alongside some char grilled crusty bread. insidetherustickitchen.com

Salads

Summer Easy Bean Salad

A delicious light watermelon basil salad with mint, goats and balsamic glaze. Refreshing and healthy salad recipe insidetherustickitchen

Salads

Watermelon Basil Salad with Mint and Goats Cheese

A fresh, Summer Zucchini Ribbon Salad with a simple tart lemon dressing, arugula, and shavings of parmesan. It's light, easy and super delicious. insidetherustickitchen.com

Salads

Zucchini Ribbon Salad

An overhead shot of beef carpaccio on a white oval serving plate topped with arugula and Grana Padano cheese.

Antipasti

Classic Beef Carpaccio

An overhead shot of a white serving plate with grilled romaine lettuce topped with a creamy sauce, pancetta and Parmigiano Reggiano shavings.

Salads

Grilled Romaine with Creamy Caper Dressing

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