Pappardelle with Tomatoes and Basil! Light, fresh and delicious! You can’t go wrong with this simple recipe!
After a summer of swimming lessons, teaching Phoebe how to ride her bike, hanging with friends, flying, traveling, vacationing, visiting with my mother and sister after their surgery, and 
The girls loved our daily visits to the garden to water our plants and veggies.
It was pretty awesome because over the course of a few months, they saw this.
And this.
And we were actually eating everything we had planted. The kids were stoked and would ask, “We planted these?!!” as they popped veggies into their mouths. Among the vegetables, their favorite was the sugar snap peas (and the couple mini cucumbers we got) and mine, the tomatoes. And we even planted some 
A delicious bowl of pasta does not need to be complicated. In fact, with this one, I was really just trying to use up some ingredients I had laying around after I made this 
That might just be the trick to get kids to eat their veggies, plant them! I live on this type of pasta dish. Now, if only I had my own tomatoes… I’m SO happy you’re enjoying your last weeks in seattle!
I adore pappardelle and these are the dishes that speak the most to me: simple, delicious, fresh and vibrant. I love that this used the vegetables you and your family planted. What wonderful photos and you’re always going to have these incredible memories. I’m glad it’s inspiring you to plant another garden in Madison – homegrown veggies are the best! Sigh, I’m going to miss this glorious weather because as you know from your past year in the pacific north west, our 8 months of rain are starting up soon. I hope the weather stays beautiful for your last six weeks here (sob). I’m gonna see you soon, girl, I can’t wait!
Awwww…your kids are so adorable. Will they miss Seattle and their garden? I wish they have one here. I can’t agree more, it’s definitely summer in a bowl. Love the colors and pappardelle so much!
Beautiful pictures, beautiful produce and a stunning way to use up those end of summer veg. What I love is that ‘starting over again’ feeling when everything feels exciting and new. I’ve no doubt you will do everything & just make it better!
This is absolutely stunning! I love that nearly everything in it was grown in that garden. Lovely! It’s amazing how it blossomed and grew and so neat that the kids got to eat what they had planted. I have the hardest time gardening. I yearn to have one yet can never seem to make anything grow. But I’m feeling inspired and perhaps next year will by my year.
How incredible are those plants…I’m so envious:)) I miss my in-laws farms. They try to plant tomatoes every time they visit us from Italy and the poor tomatoes never make it once they leave. I could eat this for lunch and then again for dinner. Simple pasta dish that I adore, Alice.