Greek Pasta Salad

Ingredients (18)

• 16 oz dry penne or rotini pasta
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 1 English cucumber
• 1/2 red pepper
• 2 cups  pitted Kalamata olives
• 1 medium red onion
• 1 cup pepperoncinis
• 8 oz  good quality feta cheese
• Fresh basil
• Coarse ground black pepper
• For the dressing: 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 tsp. dried oregano
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tsp. fresh basil
• 2 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Pinch of sugar