What can I make for a vegetarian who hates cooked veggies?

I like to make food for my girl, but she hates cooked vegetables because "the nutrients get sucked out of them." So usually I just bake, but I don't want to just stuff her full of sugar. Any ideas (no tofu, please)?

That nutrients "get sucked out" is not completely true, unless
of course you boil and the vegetables and throw away the water. In soups or fried they do indeed retain a lot of their nutrients, though raw is often best. (Think salads, etc.)
Mind though, a lot of vitamins cannot get absorbed by the body without a little bit of oil. So if eating carrot sticks and the like, to get the benefit of all nutrients (what your girl is apparently so keen on :) ), use an oil-based dip.
If your running out of vegetable ideas, veggie products are a nice way to broaden the menu (like soya sausages, bean burgers, etc)

meat

There are special salad mixes you can do with raw vegetables. Look online for these recipes. for a vegan meal.

There is always these wonder full mixes of veggies when I go to this gathering once a month. And the meal is great and all vegan.

you might be able to find some vietnese recipes that u can make without cooked veggies and meat.

Make something raw.

Live Kale Salad is fantastic. I use both green and red kale. Makes for a very colorful dish. Very high fiber so it fills you up.

Buy the kale and a good healthy salad dressing. I'm fond of Spectrum brands "Chipotle Pomagranate."

De-vein the kale. Slice it along the stalk, then slice up the leaves. Small bites are best.

Kale gets more palatable the longer it sits in the dressing. Unlike lettuce that turns to mush if it sits in dressing too long. So you can actually make this salad the night before and it's even tastier.

Add anything you want to it. I'm fond of adding marinated sundried tomatoes and pine nuts. Buy raw pine nuts and soak them for about half an hour then drain them. Soaking them releases the enzyme inhibitors and allows us to gain more nutrition from them.

When you serve it up, sprinkle Nutritional Yeast on top, like parmesan cheese. Not brewers and not bakers. But Nutritional Yeast. It should be yellow and smell like cheddar cheese.

If you do make it the night before, don't add the pine nuts. Leave that as your last prep before you sit down to eat.

Good for you for trying! Raw foods ARE much better nutritionally, as they retain all of the enzymes and minerals that get cooked out of them. Perhaps a nice fresh fruit salad, with lots of exotic fruits, such as thai green coconut, durian, kiwi, carambola, passionfruit, pommagranite, etc. You could "get fancy" and serve it in a coconut half, or scooped out pineapple half. For veggies, how about a cucumber, sliced lengthwise, and scooped out like a boat, (just scoop the seeds out) and fill it with some chopped parsley, tomato, green onion, salsa, or other raw veggies. Serve it with some crackers or crusty bread, and a light veggie soup that has been just simmered (the enzymes only die off if the food is heated over 117 degrees. You can just cube up a selection of veggies, add sea salt and seasonings, and simmer it for a few minutes-that, or a gazpacho or vichyssoise, which are both cold "soups" (google for recipes) Nice that you are willing to help her maintain her healthy diet. Stars to you! Email me if you need help with recipes!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha soccerkid1104!
Hilarious!
Did you come up with that one all by yourself?
(sarcasm)

Hmm.....try pasta with Alfredo or spaghetti(no meat balls and check the ingredients of the sauce.)

Salad??

Raw vegetables dipped in ponzu sauce is wonderful, also great as a salad dressing. (ponzu is soy sauce with citrus) Another Japanese thing to do is to finely grind radish and put a little lemon juice on it. As you can see, the theme is vege + citrus. Works for me but I recommend trying as many suggestions as possible so that the diet is varied.

Since I don't think it was mentioned yet and if you don't know, the raw food movement isn't raw as is, it means not cooking the food above a certain temperature. I've ate at some raw food restaurants and it tends to be hit or miss for the dishes. My main tip would be not to try the raw food dishes that try to mimic cooked foods like spaghetti, etc.

steaming veggies apparently makes them lose less nutrients.

how bout a big salad on the side of a meal that has carbs/protein?

you are cooking. and shes bytching... jeez. why bother

Actually, gentle cooking sometimes releases ceertain nutrients not available if the veg is eaten raw.(think tomatos for one) You might want to try steaming gently and don't cook anything till it is soft. Tender crisp is great with most vegetables. On the otherhand, cooking for someone doesn't always mean heating the foods. you could get creative with different salads too. try some of the more exotic vegetables in interesting combinations and new dressings for them.

steam them

Steaming veggies unpeeled usually does not take away too much of the vitamins/nutrients. And you can explain to your daughter that cooking them does not necessarily take away all of the vitamins/nutrients and that some veggies need to be cooked at least lightly.

How old is your daughter anyway? You are the mother so I think it should be you controlling her and not the other way around. YOU might be raising a spoiled little brat there. If my own daughter became snooty with me the way you described it, I would pick some of the veggies we have growing on the backyard, plop them down on her plate, dirt and all, smile sweetly and say "enjoy!"

Then find raw recipes. There are a ton if you google.

http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/RawRecipes.h...
http://www.rawtimes.com/recipes.html
http://www.thevegetariansite.com/rawfood...

Or even better, ask her what she wants.

Cut fresh carrots, cucumber and make nice looking slices, add sweet curd with salt and pepper (black pepper) springled over.