Pasta salad with raw zucchini, tomatoes, kidney beans and sausage

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 g pasta
• 3 thin zucchini
• 4 tomatoes, firm
• 1 can kidney beans
• 4 sausages (Wiener or Cabanossi, alternatively salami, etc.)
• 1 m.-large onion(s), red
• salt and pepper
• olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar, white
• chives
• basil

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 25 minutes

And again 3 zucchini less in my fridge!!!

Cook the pasta according to the package instructions until al dente. Drain and let cool. Wash all the vegetables. Grate the zucchini into thin slices using a cucumber slicer. Dice the tomatoes. Rinse the kidney beans under running water. Peel the onion and dice it along with the sausages (or other spicy sausage to taste). Add everything to the pasta. Season with salt and pepper, and add balsamic vinegar and olive oil to taste. Mix well and let sit in the refrigerator for about an hour. Then taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Chop fresh chives and basil and add just before serving. I invented this salad to get control of my zucchini glut. And it was surprisingly well received.