Vegetarians/vegans: What do you usually eat for lunch?

I eat salads a lot, baked potatoes. leftovers from the night before, etc. A lot of the vegan recipes that I use make more than I can eat, and I am the only one at my house that eats them, so there is almost always a good supply of leftovers to take for lunches. I will bake potatoes at home, and then take them to work to reheat for lunch with whatever toppings I want.

Greek yogurt plus fruit and nuts and either some edamame or an egg usually

A lot of the time I have a veggie burger and a salad, or a veggie burger in my salad (one I make is a taco-less taco salad with a cut up Morningstar Farms spicy black bean burger, or Grillers Prime, corn, black beans, avocado, lettuce, salsa and plain Greek yogurt). I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat a lot of vegetarian meals.

I usually eat eggs for breakfast, or sometimes french Toast, pancakes, and waffles

For lunch usually Mac and cheese, a salad, a veggie sandwhich,

For dinner, spaghetti, eggplant parm., some of the hamburger helpers don't actually have meat products in them so they are good to go to (just make sure to check the box!) mashed potatoes, i dont veggie burgers but Boca burgers are good,...

You can eat almost anything non vegetarians do. They have brands like MorningStar, Boca, Quorn, and a few others that are all vegetarian substitutes for meat. I didn't know about all that till about 4 months into turning vegetarian actually. If i had know about them I would have went vegetarian so so so long ago.

Today, I had half a grilled cheese with homemade tomato soup.
I am new at this (it's day 2) .

Mainly leftovers, else
Tinned soup
Companion = seitan and vegetables plus 1/2 instant rice.
Veg hot dogs with peas and corn ( i always have them in the freezer) and some couscous.
Cous cous and frozen veg
Baked beans, toast and hot dogs ( usually with cheese but trying to cut down on that.)
Also in summer salad, i work by the. Minimm 5 ingredient rule so at least 5 of
Beans (chickpeak, kidney). Sugar snap peas, corn, baby corn, cherry tomato, shrooms, roast courgette, roast eggplant, tofu, nuts, cucmber, carrot, celery.

( notice i hate lettuce in my salads )

I'm not vegan but pretty much the only fast restaurant near where I work is a Chipotle. I eat there for lunch a lot and eat a vegan meal.

White rice
Fajita veggies
mild, medium and corn salsa
Guacamole
lettuce

I don't like beans or brown rice but obviously those would be much healthier for me than the white rice. If your eating out, chipotle has a lot of vegan option.

Bagels with cream cheese and veggies like tomatoes, cucumber, olives etc.

Salads with lettuce, celery, radishes, sugar snap peas, etc and a dollop of half-fat sour cream instead of dressing.. occasionally with cheese crumbled on top to add protein.

Breaded vegetable fingers are nice, often have those with salad

Quorn burgers/soya burgers in a bun with salad and rice

Tortilla wraps with salad and quorn chicken pieces OR lightly fried vegetables.. Also sometimes use the wraps to do mini-pizzas (just tomato puree on top with vegetables and grated cheese, under the grill/broiler for a few minutes)

And if I want a quick treat I go to Subway, and get a 6-inch veggie delight on wheat bread with cheddar cheese, chipotle southwest sauce and ALL the veggies (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, peppers, olives, pickles and jalapenos)!

lentil soup (homemade but obviously you can buy it)

whole wheat bagel topped with full fat greek yogurt and veggies (lettuce, tomato, avocado, onion)

trader joes steamed lentils

scrambled eggs on toast topped with steamed or roasted broccoli

whole wheat pita and hummus/ tzatziki sauce and veggies

salad! with lots of protein

homemade whole wheat veggie pizza (trader joes sells the crust...i may or may not do all my shopping there)

Rice and black beans.

I'm boring.

I almost always have leftovers from the night before so curries, stirfies, salads, soups and all sorts.

I guess it depends what you like.

My favorite quick work lunches involve:

1 - A curry dish - brown rice with lentils/beans etc curry powder and a little non dairy milk and a chopped tomato (and onion if i feel like it). With or without a side salad. Takes about 5 mins to prep and cook in the microwave

2 - Bruchetta - tomato, garlic, onion, basil etc ontop of a sweet potato or on bread (although i dont eat much processed foods at all anymore).

3 - Raw veggies chopped up onto a huge plate with hommus or some sort of dip and i snack whilst working.

4 - Raw fruit platter or a big lunch salad is sometimes nice too.