It’s time for #backtowork! After months of alternating holidays, routine returns to our daily lives. But let’s not despair: amidst the many commitments, a few little tasteful breaks will help us change the pace, spurring work with good humour.
Because Toscanità Instant Pasta is not only a quick, instant lunch, easy to prepare and quick to consume: Toscanità Instant Pasta is a small escape, a journey of taste, a light and cheerful break to be enjoyed alone or in company. Thanks to the variety of its flavors, you can find yourself in the region of Italy you like best: a pesto pasta and you are in Liguria, a pasta carbonara and you see Rome, a pasta all’arrabbiata and your heart beats for Calabria! What are you waiting for? Order, get your lunch box at the office, pour the water, wait 3 minutes and start eating!
Enjoy your journey of taste at Toscanità!
In this article, we will discuss how to make your Lunch Break perfect.
Lunch break at the office, lunch break at the company, lunch break on the go… but also at your home!
What to do during the lunch break?
Mandatory lunch break: well-being at work starts here too What to bring for lunch at work?
What to prepare to bring to work for lunch? The ultimate solution
Office lunch break, company lunch break, off-site lunch break… but also at home!
Enjoying a healthy and, above all, cooked meal is not always easy when you work. Whether your work takes place in an office, in a company, in the canteen of a business or off-site, perhaps on a construction site, cooking is virtually impossible.
Bringing food from home (in northern Italy we use the term ‘schiscietta’!) requires access to a microwave for regenerating food or a refrigerator for storing it. And then the crockery… you have to think about the cutlery too! With our boxed solution, Toscanità Instant Pasta is ready for consumption. Using dehydration as a method of preservation – a method that allows food to keep naturally and for a long time, without losing its organoleptic properties and flavor – our pasta requires only hot water and a little patience (if you don’t remember how to prepare it click here: How to prepare). To regenerate it and ensure a happy lunch break, all you have to do is ask for a glass of hot water in a café, at the vending machine in your office or bring a thermos from home!
Wanting a quick dish to prepare and eat can also be a desire of those who work in their home office: when your job is smart working, choosing to limit your cooking time in favor of other activities can be not only necessary, but also stimulating.
What to do during the lunch break?
For a healthy routine it is first of all necessary to disconnect. So first rule of all: leave your mobile phone behind and leave your workstation!
Not only for the sake of necessity, health and physical well-being: besides being good for your eyes, mind and body in general, a proper lunch break also allows you to socialize more.
In fact, the lunch break can be a great time to get to know colleagues better, compare notes, tell stories and strengthen bonds. Indirectly this also benefits the company, as these moments of conviviality help to create a more supportive, collaborative, united and solid working environment. Therefore, it seems obvious that work and related topics become taboo on this occasion!
For those who have more time, a great idea would be to engage in a relaxing activity that reactivates muscles and circulation. Take a walk in the park, read a book, listen to music, do some physical activity or mindfulness exercises, … In short, devote some time to relaxation or something that helps reduce stress and regain energy.
Last but not least, regenerate yourself with a good, balanced meal. So let’s see what steps to take to give yourself the best lunch break ever.
Mandatory lunch break: wellness at work starts here too
The lunch break at work is one of the most important times of the day, because it allows you to switch off and relax.
Depending on the profession, the break can last from 30 minutes to 2 hours, a considerable amount of time that strongly affects one’s physical as well as mental health. It is therefore important to manage one’s work break well and, above all, to recharge oneself with a nutritious and balanced meal. A sandwich can be a palliative, but not the rule: if it is true that we are what we eat, let’s try to love ourselves more!
Toscanità Instant is here to give you some tips to make the most of this time of day!
What to bring for lunch at work?
The dilemma of what to bring to eat at work plagues so many people every evening. Between the little desire to prepare and the lack of imagination in creating different dishes, one almost always ends up opting for a lunch out or a quick sandwich!
This is not only uneconomical, but also detrimental to one’s health, because such processed or always the same dishes can damage one’s health in the long run.
First of all, the main rule to follow for an energizing meal to take to work is to choose for a single, complete meal. We are talking about the so-called ‘one-pot’: one part vegetables, one part carbohydrates and one part protein!
The perfect balance to integrate all the nutrients and vitamins you need to get through the afternoon.
Secondly, it is necessary to enjoy lunchtime to the full. This means:
- Do not eat in front of the computer while working
- Not being distracted by your mobile phone
- Socializing while eating your meal
- Savor and chew each mouthful well
- Not being in a hurry and eating quietly, taking your mind off appointments and deadlines for a moment
The most frequently encountered problems are tiredness, indigestion and decreased productivity.
Moreover, following a healthy, balanced diet after a long period of rest can help to resume the right work routine without too much stress.
There are thousands of alternatives, but few are quick and easy to prepare, digestible, tasty and above all very few recipes that do not require a lot of ‘extra’ work, i.e. washing pots, cutlery, cutting boards, lids, ladles and cookers.
What to prepare to take to work for lunch? The ultimate solution
With Toscanità Instant Pasta lunch will no longer be a problem! Our cups solve all your problems. Easy and quick to prepare, they are the solution you have been looking for to always have a hot, good and quality meal to take to work.
It only takes a few steps to prepare them:
- Shake the cup and open it
- Pour in boiling water and cover the cup again
- Wait 3 minutes
- Stir again and enjoy!
But what if you don’t have a kettle or thermos?
All you need is a microwave, a tool that more and more companies are introducing in the canteen area to give their employees the chance to enjoy a hot meal every day.
Just pour 180ml of water into the cup, put it in the microwave at 700W for 3 minutes and voilà, your lunch is ready! Piece of cake!
Toscanità Instant cups are also light to carry around and can be stored for a long time without any risk. To make sure you always have a solution for your lunch, you can easily stock up and keep it in the office and, if you like, you can share the Toscanità goodness with your colleagues.
Discover Italy in 8 recipes
Our cups are available in 8 different flavors. 8 Italian recipes to fully enjoy prepared only with natural, perfectly balanced and quality ingredients.
In short, the perfect lunch to face the day at its best!
