Pasta Bean Salad

• 8 ozprotein pasta — elbows or ditalini, or chickpea pasta
• 30 ozwhite beans — canned, 2 cans, or kidney or garbanzo
• 8 ozmozzarella pearls — or diced mozzarella
• 1 cuphalved cherry tomatoes — heaping
• 1 cupdiced cucumber
• 1large bell pepper — diced
• ½ cupsweet onion — finely diced
• ½ cupkalamata olives — chopped
• ¼ cupfinely chopped parsley — or finely chopped basil or finely chopped dill or finely chopped chives, optional

Dressing:

• ¼ cupwhite balsamic vinegar — or white wine vinegar
• 2 tbspolive oil
• ½lemon — juiced
• 1 tbsphoney
• 1 tspdijon mustard
• 1garlic — microplaned or very finely minced
• 1 tspItalian seasoning
• ½ tspsalt
• —black pepper