Camping Fritatta

Now that was a great camping holiday!
Great location, fantastic weather, fun and friendly fellow campers, and we even felt relaxed after a few days of settling on our first family camping trip. We stayed at Boathaven Resort on Lake Hume in north western Victoria but with gorgeous weather and a rather tropical styled camping resort we felt it was like Queensland yet closer to home. 

Highlights included Oddies Creek Adventure Playspace...










and the Childrens Garden in the Botanical Gardens...

and a venture to historical Beechworth with the fairy tree and lunch at the Bridge Road Brewers. 

We found a nice routine of heading out in the morning before the heat hit, letting the kids snooze on the way home then playing in the resort pool most of the afternoon.

The best part was the quality time as family and with friends.  Enjoying special moments with kids, watching them learn, interact and enjoy being outdoors for a week. Its hard to find time for that in the normal routine of home but this trip has reminded us to enjoy the little things and be in the moment, in the now...

I had great intentions of writing some blog posts, and the books never made it out of the car, but the trip was filled with fun times, plenty of activity and some great conversations.  So I'm writing this on the drive home, on reflection that we all had a great holiday ( even veggie daddy who was once not a happy camper but now appears converted)!

Communal dinners were simple yet delicious (no thermomix this trip and we survived!)  One quick and easy meal was a frypan frittata.  This can be whipped up with any ingredients you had, perhaps even tinned peas and corn or some leftover veggies.  To feed the ravenous kids we pan fried a batch of potato and sweet potato slices first so give the kids some "chips" as an entree. 



Camping Frittata

Then we simply fried another batch, added a few veggies including zucchini, broccoli and capsicum, popped the lid on and let them cook for about 5 minutes on a medium heat. When almost done we  poured in a mix of 6 eggs with about half a cup of milk and a little salt and pepper. With the lid on for another 5 minutes or until almost set we added some cheese slices and a few minutes later, voila, some happy and much less hungry campers! (Blueberry pancakes for dessert was the next treat!)

We're so looking froward to our next trip, the kids were ready to go back the next day.  I guess it's back to reality for a little while while we plan it...