Easy Pasta Salad - Chefwiz

Ingredients

• 1 medium red onion (, thinly sliced)
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 1 garlic clove (, finely grated)
• 1 pound of summer squash and/or zucchini (, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise)
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pickled banana peppers
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 3/4 teaspoons Diamond Crystal salt or 1 1/4 teaspoons Morton kosher salt (, plus additional for seasoning)
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (, plus additional for seasoning)
• 1 pound orecchiette or other small pasta
• 2 pints cherry tomatoes (, halved)
• 1 cup halved pitted Kalamata olives
• 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (, plus additional for serving)
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 8 ounces fresh mozzarella (, torn into small pieces)
• 1 cup coarsely chopped basil (packed) (, plus additional for serving)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped oregano (, plus additional for serving)