Vegetarians - recommend a recipe to convert an enthusiastic carnivore

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I eat too much meat. I enjoy cooking and love protein.

Some parameters:

No fake meat, fake cheese or tofu
Love umami flavours and strong flavours generally
Do not enjoy Indian curries ( although I admit have never probably eaten authentic high end Indian cuisine)
Love Thai and Japanese food. Favourite cuisine is French.
Something colourful with good texture contrasts would be great. I don't really enjoy ´ sloppy' food

I will eat almost anything except coconut (the milk is fine) and anything with an aniseed flavour.

What would you recommend ?

Butter beans are a great alternative for protein.
I am making this tomorrow: boldbeanco.com/blogs/beanspo-recipes/beans-arabiata-from-eds-pasta-beans-3-ways

Delicious!

I was going to post this link. It's the most fantastic recipe - rich and full of flavour and just incredible with pasta. I usually have several servings in the freezer.

Miso soup with udon noodles, pak choi and fancy mushrooms (shiitake etc).

The miso base is so easy: miso paste, ginger, chilli and garlic. I use paste versions of the spices because it’s quick.

Tbf I mainly use them in meat dishes (chicken on abed of puy lentils is a big hit in this house)

as a vegetarian my favourite way to have them is in a salad tbh

You can't eat tempeh raw!

Pasteurised and from a shop you can.

Where do you buy pasteurised tempeh? I've never seen it and I'm a big tempeh consumer. It would taste horrible raw - just because it's "safe" to do so pasteurised doesn't mean it's a good idea.

All shop bought tempeh is pasteurised.

I didn't say you should eat it raw - I was referring to how to cook it, ie just heat it however you like.

Second using Harrisa paste for things. Such a fab flavour!