Try seitan... they make it in different styles. I once served seitan, and a
guy at my dinner party gave me a blank stare and said, "I thought you were a
vegetarian!" The frozen varieties (as opposed to the water-packed
refrigerated varieties) have a different texture - may want to experiment
with both.

Try this:

- Cut seitan into strips, and sautee in its own juice and some added soy
sauce for about 5 minutes. Add some olive oil or water if it's not "juicy"
enough. You can add some onions to give it more flavor if you want.
- After sauteeing seitan for a while, add some baby corn, water chesnuts,
bamboo strips, broccoli, carrots, and peapods. Sautee until veggies are
cooked; add soy sauce to taste.
- Serve over a bed of brown basmati rice.


Also, you can freeze tofu to give it a different texture. Make sure you
keep it in the freezer for more than 24 hours, and you'll probably want to
take it out at least 3 hours before preparing it, so you can cut it. Always
use the water-packed, firm tofu (such as White Wave or Melissa's) instead of
the silken kind when using it in stir fries, caserroles, etc.

Cheers!

jessigurr