Sunday Night: Grilled Veggies with Polenta; Orzo Salad with Fava Beans and Spinach; Cream Cheese with Oranges

We had neighbors over for dinner last night and needed to do a vegetarian meal; this is what we came up with.

For the veggies, I used three different kinds of small summer squash from the farmer's market (pattypan, Ronde de Nice, sunburst), red onion, and red peppers. We ate the veggies with polenta (hard polenta with a bit of butter and parmesan made with Bittman's technique I) and a vinaigrette ("Jean-George's Classic Vinaigrette" from FStoS).

The salad was made with diced red onion, diced celery, fava beans (farmer's market), orzo, and spinach (CSA box) and dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.

Dessert was a variant on the Oranges and Cream Cheese recipe from JPFF, the variation being that I added the julienned orange zest to the cream cheese instead of using it as a topping. I also lightened the cream cheese after adding the orange and sugar by whipping it for a couple of minutes.