There is nothing I love more than a great summer concert under the stars and this past week we had the pleasure of attending not one, not two, but THREE different shows at the Hollywood Bowl.  The greatest part of the summer concert series at the Bowl is that you get to bring in your own food and drinks and have a picnic while you’re listening to music.  Since the shows all started at 8:00 PM and I don’t usually get home from work until around 6:30, I knew there would not be time on the evenings of for food prep and that I’d need to prepare our meals ahead of time so we could grab them out of the fridge and go.

We don’t frequently have picnics (but we might more often because it was so fun!) and I admittedly got really into meal planning.  My fiance had been on the road for work in the days prior and I wanted our first evenings back together to be special and full of yummy food and wonderful music!  So without further ado, here is what I made for our picnic dinners last week.

Picnic number one for John Fogerty – pasta salad, fresh blueberries and Pranqster.

Picnic number two for Beethoven – smoked salmon, sea salt crackers, olives, cucumber and blueberries, Toblerone, and wine.

Picnic number three for David Gray and Amos Lee – roasted bacon and potato salad.

Do you guys have any go-to dishes for picnics?  We have a few more concerts coming up this summer and I would love some new ideas!