The Best Rainy Day Meals to Keep You Warm and Comfy This Season

The rainy season is definitely here. It’s the perfect weather to have something hot during these cool, windy days. Take a look at some of the best rainy day meals you can easily make at home to keep you warm, while you try to enjoy the rains outside.

Ramen or Noodle Soup

Ramen has risen in popularity over recent years. The combination of a great soup broth, firm noodles, spring onions, seaweed, egg and a slice of pork or seafood, has truly made this dish quite iconic to millennials and young professionals. However, ramen noodles can be very expensive and not everyone may have the time or budget to visit a ramen shop and buy some for themselves. The great thing is that ramen noodles can actually be prepared at home. All you need is a pack of noodles, preferably the ones with a soup mix, that you can easily get from supermarkets. They can also even come in different flavors to choose from, catering to a variety of taste buds. Once you have your cooked ramen, just add a hard boiled egg and top it off with a slice of CDO Luncheon Meat or maybe CDO Classic Cooked Ham. Definitely something to enjoy on a rainy evening at an affordable price.

Creamy Chicken Sopas

Another popular staple in Filipino cuisine, sopas is a hot pasta soup dish that is often paired with chicken, ham or hotdogs and is usually with milk and cream. On a cold day, nothing beats a bowl of hot Creamy Chicken Sopas to keep you warm and cozy, especially around this time of year when the weather begins to turn colder. This recipe should be able to assist you in making a great bowl of sopas that the whole family will enjoy.

• 12 oz. chicken breasts boneless
• ½ piece cabbage sliced
• 3 stalks celery chopped
• 1 piece onion diced
• 3 pieces CDO Idol Cheesedog
• ¾ cups carrots diced
• 12 oz. evaporated milk
• 1 ½ cups elbow macaroni
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 piece Chicken Cube
• 6 to 8 cups water
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:

1. Boil 3 cups of water in a medium pot.
2. Add the chicken breasts.
3. Cover and cook in medium heat for 15 to 18 minutes. You may add more water if needed.
4. Separate the chicken from the water. Let the chicken cool down and then shred.
5. Set both shredded chicken and water aside.
6. Heat oil in a large soup pot.
7. Sauté the garlic until it turns medium brown.
8. Add onion, celery, and carrot. Continue to sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
9. Add the shredded chicken.
10. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
11. Add the CDO Idol Cheesedog.
12. Quickly stir and then pour the water used to boil the chicken.
13. Also pour the remaining water. Let boil.
14. Add the Chicken Cube. Stir. Cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
15. Put the elbow macaroni in the pot. Cook for 10 minutes.
16. Add the cabbage. Stir and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.

Note: you can add more water if needed. Pour the evaporated milk. Stir, let boil, cover and cook for another 3 minutes. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.

Alternatively, you may replace the chicken breasts with CDO Chicken Luncheon Meat as an alternative.

Nilagang Baka

Another popular soup dish you may want to have this rainy season is Nilagang Baka. It’s a traditional Filipino dish of Beef stew that is boiled to softness and usually comes with vegetables. But if you don’t have time to prepare for this dish you can try a variant of this dish called Nilagang Corned Beef.

• 4 cups water
• 1 piece small onion peeled and quartered
• ½ tablespoons pepper corn crushed
• 1 piece large potato peeled and cut into cubes
• 5-6 piece green beans ends trimmed
• 1 can CDO Karne Norte Chunky (or any CDO Karne Norte/Home-Style Corned Beef if
• Chunky variant is not available)
• ½ piece cabbage, quartered

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a pot over medium heat, combine water, beef base, onion and pepper corns.
2. Bring to a boil, stirring until the beef base is dissolved.
3. Add potatoes and cook until tender.
4. Add green beans and cook until half-cooked.
5. Add corned beef and cabbage.
6. With the back of the spoon, break corned beef into desired pieces.
7. Continue to cook until beef is heated through and vegetables are tender yet crisp.
8. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
9. Serve hot.

You can buy CDO products in leading supermarkets and groceries near you. For easier shopping online, you can also purchase them via CDO Home Delivery, Lazada and Shopee.