I don't like sandwiches or salads either.

I generally snack at lunch, but if I do a meal, I do quesadillas, omelettes, pizzas on Naan bread, paninis, and ramen (the cheap packets, but without the flavor packet-I use chicken broth, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and whatever veggies and meat I have in the fridge). Wraps are good too if I don't want something hot.

I keep roasted veggies on hand (green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, tomatoes, plus sauteed mushrooms and onions) to toss in dishes. I roast and saute it all one day a week and grab and go all week. I keep shrimp and meatballs in the freezer and generally have shredded chicken in the fridge, along with a few good cheeses.

If most of my ingredients are already prepped, it's easy to throw together something good and healthy for lunch. It's all the prep work that makes me reluctant, so I've learned to take an afternoon and do it all for the week.

When I snack, I do hummus, apples, yogurt, string cheese, pretzels, almonds, air-popped popcorn, toast with avocado, bagel with neufchatel and deli meat, clementines, carrots, pears or a hard boiled egg.

I just made soba noodles topped with sauteed mushrooms, red pepper, and tofu and some soy sauce.

I often do leftovers or crackers with peanut butter.

Nothing. I am horrible about skipping lunch when I am at home all day. I tend to eat breakfast because I'm fixing it for the kids anyway. I might eat an apple or a slice of cheese at some point during the day. But I rarely eat lunch.

I work two days a week from home, and on those days it's always dinner leftovers. I like to cook my own food but rarely have time to cook more than once a day.
On the days I eat lunch at work I pack a salad or a sandwich and some fruit.

In winter:
1. Store-bought vegetable soup with grated Emmental cheese. This is when we're rushed.
2. Savory Crepes - made with buckwheat flour, and filled with ham, egg, cheese and tomato. Yum!
3. Dinner leftovers, reheated.
4. Or I cook for lunch, and then we eat those leftovers for dinner: spaghetti bolognese, sheperd's pie, fish pie, slow-cooked ragout, curry, home-made pizza etc.

In summer, we eat less heavy foods:
1. All kinds of salads, with vinaigrette.
2. Home-made hummus with pita and cucumbers.
3. Avocado and yogurt.

I hardly ever make lunch sandwiches, because I like to make them all tiny and cute for tea parties, which is a lot of work

Eating restaurant food is quite unhealthy, because of the hidden amounts of salt, fat, sugar - they end up being extremely caloric and not as nutritious as something you would make at home.

Now you've made me hungry!

soup
pasta with parmesan and peas
cheese and crackers with an apple
a mashed avocado and chips
pita and hummus
quesadilla with corn salsa from TJs
leftovers

Cheese, bread, and olives
Hard boiled egg, cheese, veggies
Pasta or grain salads
Soup

Usually something similar to what my kid is eating.

Whole wheat quesadillas. Kid gets just cheese and some mild quac. On mine, I put all kinds of stuff like green peppers, black olives, chicken from the night before. Takes like 5 minutes.

Whole wheat bread grilled herb and tomato sandwiches. An "adult" version of grilled cheese. Brushed with olive oil instead of butter, a selection of whatever cheese strikes me, thinly sliced tomatoes, salt/pepper/thyme is a favorite. Oregano. Fresh cilantro. Whatever I have in the house.

Homemade soups (curried cauliflower is my favorite right now), with a piece of french bread.

Whole wheat pita pizzas. Cheese and tomato sauce for my son. Herbed olive oil and lots of garlic for my "white pizza." I use fresh mozzarella and fresh spinach. But you can put whatever you want on it.

I also like a version of Coronation Chicken Salad that a little restaurant in Annapolis used to serve. Chicken salad made with mayo, curry, diced apples, celery, and whatever else you may want to add like raisins, craisins, etc. I use leftover roasted chicken for that.

I usually get a salad from a grocery store salad bar as well, if I've been out running errands that morning. If not, I add a fruit.

And sometimes I'm not super-hungry so I just make a fruit smoothie from frozen blueberries, wheat germ, greek yogurt, and half a banana.

Dinner leftovers
Sauteed spinach with an egg scrambled in and a little cheese on top, w/toast
PB&J sandwich
Quesadilla (cheese w/vegetables)
Soup (I make it on weekends, also like Trader Joe's soups) w/cheese sandwich (grilled or not)
Grilled cheese w/tomato slices
Leftover sauteed vegetables w/grated cheese
Salad w/leftover protein from dinner
Baked potato w/vegetables and beans, or cheese

I work fulltime. So, I plan for lunch the night before. I would prepare a little more dinner and get the lunch ready. Salad, soup, pasta, fried rice, tortilla roll, sandwiches are some of my favorite for lunch. I cook 4/5 days a week (including the weekend) and make things in bulk. While I like eating out in restaurants, knowing the health and economic benifit of eating at home, try conciously everyday. Lot of work for me, but is well worth it!

Grilled cheese & tomato soup is a favorite here. Today we did breakfast for lunch - I guess sort of a brunch even though we had cereal and fruit this morning. Heated up waffles we made on Sunday and scrambled some eggs. One of my favorite things to eat for lunch when pregnant with DS was a wheat tortilla with cheese, salsa, and fresh spinach - sometimes would heat it a bit in the toaster oven for variety. I also like to make a big yogurt parfait with frozen fruit and granola for lunch. Also like to have banana, honey, and pb sandwiches. Sandwiches for lunch are okay, but cannot eat them for dinner for some reason.

Leftovers or I make myself a big salad (and that sometimes includes leftovers if they are salad-friendly, like roasted chicken, leftover vegetables, etc.) I also make tons of soups and freeze them in smaller portions so sometimes I have that. (I work part-time so I am home for lunch a few days a week.)

I'm not a sandwich person so I never, ever make myself a sandwich for lunch, except a grilled cheese once in a blue moon. I definitely prefer a salad or a hot meal/reheated leftovers.

Greek Yogurt or soup.

I almost always have leftovers for lunch. It's easy and usually healthier than anything I could whip up.

If not, then soup, veggies and hummus, black beans on a tortilla.

Basically, same thing you eat at Panera and Chipotle, but about 1/10 the cost.

I grew up in a house where we ate out or ordered in for every meal and it has been hard to break that in adulthood. We have taken a good hard look at our budget and the amount of money we spend on food is appalling! Even cheaper options like Panera, Chipotle etc really add up when we do them every day. So I have started to make changes and am doing pretty well with breakfast and dinner. What's killing me is lunch! I'm not really a sandwich person and I can't eat deli meat right now anyway because I'm pregnant. I don't know what to make that is filling enough but doesn't require the work of making dinner, plus isn't overly processed. I have been eating dinner leftovers sometimes but that gets so boring...