Business lunch: quality and taste for eating well like at home

Business lunches can represent a considerable problem as they provide for the possibility of going to a restaurant (with a waste of time and money) or to just hastily consume a snack standing up ( with intake of foods not suitable for a balanced diet).

The best solution remains to bring a complete meal from home , prepared according to individual needs and then adequately customized to recover the energy lost during long hours of activity working.

What is meant by Lunch Break

Those who work outside the home are well aware of the need to consume a nutritious and digestible meal , easily assimilated and able to provide the right amount of energy you need to better face your commitments professional.

The famous " lunch break " is however often seen as a real problem as the lack of time is a rather limiting factor in meal management.

A very common trend is the one that many restaurants have adopted and that consists in the offer of Lunch Break, which includes ready meals balanced from a nutritional point of view, palatable and often sought after. In fact, consumers have grown tired of always and only eating the classic sandwiches or the traditional slice of pizza which, in the long run, can become quite intolerable.

Lunch break or do-it-yourself lunch?

The lunch break menu has therefore been expanded and enriched with very varied proposals, in order to prepare excellent dishes to be consumed outside the home.

The fundamental difference lies between a "business lunch" usually consumed in a restaurant where times can expand as it is a real tool connected to professional activity and a "business lunch" which instead involves the consumption of a quick meal, to be eaten during a break.

The meaning of Lunch Break lies precisely in a new setting for business lunch which no longer wants to be just a quick and unrewarding snack, but which must turn into a pleasant experience also taking into account limited timing.

How to turn your lunch break into a pleasant experience

First of all you must avoid skipping lunch while working as the lack of nutrients can very negatively affect professional performance at all levels. So you need to carefully choose the foods to eat during your lunch break: proteins are energetic substances but not particularly caloric and therefore very suitable for a Lunch Break.

The carbohydrates , even if they provide high amounts of emergency energy (immediately available) are also high in calories and therefore tend to contribute to the desire for an afternoon nap.

lipids are to be avoided because, in addition to being difficult to digest, they make you fat and therefore, if consumed frequently, they can cause weight gain worsened by sedentary lifestyle resulting from long hours in the office.

A correct diet also affects professional performance as it increases the level of concentration and the threshold of attention.

The ideal menu to avoid post-meal sleepiness and at the same time provide the energy necessary for the body involves the introduction of a portion of lean meat (roast beef or grilled chicken ) or cured meats (bresaola or defatted raw ham) accompanied by vegetables .

In fact, vegetables, especially when eaten raw, are rich in vitamins and minerals, two essential elements for the correct development of the metabolism .

cereals , such as rice (preferably wholemeal), barley, spelled or even oats are an excellent source of energy carbohydrates and also avoid the risk of straining the digestive system and provide useful dietary fiber.

The ideal business meal

So an ideal meal can be prepared with a salad of cereals and legumes, such as peas, chickpeas or lentils, particularly rich in protein but easily digestible. Better to avoid beans that could cause bloating. Fruit must never be missing in a work meal both for the high content of vitamins and minerals and for that of water, as hydration must always be kept at adequate levels.

You can eat as well at work as at home

To have the guarantee of being able to eat properly even at work it is therefore advisable to bring food from home, to prepare balanced dishes from a nutritional point of view and at the same time tasty.

Precisely for this purpose, very useful thermal food containers are available that can maintain their organoleptic characteristics unaltered even for hours.

Using these practical take-away kit you can enjoy exquisite dishes at work, cooked according to your preferences and above all able to provide an adequate energy intake and facilitate digestive processes. The business lunch should therefore not be a makeshift , but an opportunity to take a pleasant break from professional occupations.

Comments (0)

No comments at this moment

New comment

Product added to wishlist
Product added to compare.