Easy Thai Basil Vegetable Stir Fry

Need dinner in a hurry? This Easy Thai Basil Vegetable Stir Fry makes a hearty, but veggie-packed meal for those nights when you’re low on time and energy. 

If you guys watched my recent Spring Favorites video, you may have heard me chat about my cookbook collection. I collect -I prefer to collect to “hoard”, which may be a more accurate description- cookbooks.

Despite being someone who loves food and recipes, I rarely buy cookbooks for the actual recipes. I love being inspired by the pictures and the writing and the blood, sweat and tears that went into the book. I may make a recipe or two, but even if I do, I almost always make enough changes that the original recipe is barely even there.

It’s the reason I write a blog and don’t just make recipes from others!

Basically, I’m every cookbook author’s worst nightmare.

One of the books I recently picked up was Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings. I personally think she’s hilarious and love how much she loves food. A girl after my own heart. I really just wanted to get some insight on what goes down in her kitchen so I bought her book.

Okay fine, I’m really just obsessed with her and John and ultimate hope to emulate their relationship by turning C into a black, gospel singer and me into a half-asian model/actress/chef.

We’re like basically there, right?

I have to say, I am totally impressed by the book. No, there’s absolutely nothing healthy about it, but like I mentioned, I never make the recipes as they are so this really isn’t a problem.

I decided to try a version of her Thai Basil Chicken, and despite the fact that my version looks nothing like hers (uhhhhh there’s no chicken in it, duh) I really loved how it turned out. I’ve made a version with chicken and it was equally as good (I’ll include instructions with how to cook it with chicken), but wanted to offer an easy veggie version for when you need a light, but filling dinner that won’t leave you cooking for hours.

So to every cookbook author out there who’s recipes I’ve butchered, I apologize. You can rest easy knowing that people will likely to the same to me one day. I mean whaaaaat?

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Do you collect cookbooks? Do you follow recipes as directed or play around with them?