Instructions: Roasted vegetables turnovers can be a savory addition to a meatless menu.

Their filling of vegetables and cheese, wrapped in crusty pastry made of flour and wheat germ, delivers both good taste and good nutrition. A recipe for preparing your own roasted-vegetable filling is included in this file. You may wish to experiment with different combinations of vegetables, according to what is in season or available to you.

Pastry:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces 4 ounces cold, low-fat cream cheese, cut into six pieces 1 tablespoon cold water
Roasted Vegetable Filling:
2 cups coarsely chopped roasted vegetables (recipe follows)

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

For pastry: Put flour, wheat germ, salt and sugar in bowl of food processor.

Pulse three or four times to mix. Add butter and cream cheese to bowl; pulse in 3- to 4-second bursts, about 10 times. Add water and pulse in 3- to 4-second bursts until dough starts to pull together in large clumps. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface. Knead dough two or three times. Divide into six equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball; flatten into 1/2 inch-thick disk. (If dough gets too soft, refrigerate 5 minutes to firm up.) Wrap each disk with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Working with one piece of dough at a time (keep remainder chilled), roll into 7 inch-diameter circle on sheet of lightly floured waxed paper. Spoon about 1/3 cup roasted vegetables on half of circle, leaving a 3/4 inch border. Spoon a generous tablespoon of cheese on top of the vegetables.

Moisten edges of dough; fold uncovered half of dough over vegetables and cheese. Press edges of dough to seal. Roll edge of dough up; crimp with fingers to form decorative edge. Transfer turnover to baking sheet. Repeat to make five additional turnovers. Bake 40 minutes, until golden brown. Transfer to cooling rack. Cool 10
minutes before serving.

Makes 6 main-dish turnovers.

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