Anybody else make a big pot of soup and slowly morph it day by day into stew, curry, etc?
My mother used to do a thing, and now I do it too.
You made a soup, say, beef and vegetables. The base. Enjoy it for a night.
Next day, take some out and thicken, make a stew. Enjoy a delicious evening with stew.
Next day, take some out and add Indian spices. Turn it into some kind of delicious Anglo-Indian curry, and serve on rice.
I'm curious if anybody else has similar strategies: make something basic, and augment and alter over the course of a few days.
The only thing I changed from dear mother's strategy is that I don't alter the whole pot. I take a few ladels out, and change that. She would just alter the whole thing. My problem with this is, once you add pasta or something, you can't easily go back.
Another simple example is adding cream. Exactly same soup is good with or without, so better to just pull out a portion and cream that, rather than making the soup creamy for all time.
Anyway, if others do this, please, tell me what you do. I really enjoy this process, variations on a theme.