This colorful dish is an unusual and delicious pasta salad. A zucchini pesto basil is tossed with pasta and Parmesan cheese.

Using pesto in pasta salad is fantastic and it's even better in this recipe with fresh grape tomatoes and blanched zucchini.

Using a vegetable peeler, cut the zucchini into long ... Drizzle over the salad ingredients and gently toss to combine. Place salad in a shallow serving bowl and top with the pickled red onion ...

To assemble salad, mix the zucchini, peas, beans, mint leaves, garlic with lemon juice and drizzle with olive oil. Season and taste (you might like to add more lemon juice or olive oil).