If you can find anywhere to get fresh-made tofu, it's leaps and bounds better than pre-packaged stuff. There was a guy at our local farmer's market (who unfortunately had to recently go back to Japan for family reasons) whose tofu I would just about eat plain. You could also try tempeh or, if no one has gluten issues, seitan. Or mushrooms can play the part of meat in some dishes, if you like them.
(FWIW I have never enjoyed eggplant either, no matter how well it supposedly is prepared. Knowing that millions of people all over the world like it, I occasionally re-try it just to see if I have a magic "oh, this is fine now" moment like I did with mushrooms after hating them for years, but it hasn't happened yet. Best I can say is that we have an Israeli hummus shop around here that makes baba ghanoush I don't hate, but I wouldn't choose it voluntarily.)
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Date: 2020-01-20 07:48 pm (UTC)(FWIW I have never enjoyed eggplant either, no matter how well it supposedly is prepared. Knowing that millions of people all over the world like it, I occasionally re-try it just to see if I have a magic "oh, this is fine now" moment like I did with mushrooms after hating them for years, but it hasn't happened yet. Best I can say is that we have an Israeli hummus shop around here that makes baba ghanoush I don't hate, but I wouldn't choose it voluntarily.)