WordNet
n. a diet of foods that are not irritating; "he ate a bland diet because of his colitis" [syn: ulcer diet]
Wikipedia
A bland diet is a diet consisting of foods that are generally soft, low in dietary fiber, cooked rather than raw, and not spicy. Fried and fatty foods, strong cheeses, whole grains (rich in fiber), and the medications aspirin and ibuprofen are also avoided while on this diet. Such a diet is called bland because it is soothing to the digestive tract (it minimizes irritation of tissues). It can also be bland in the sense of "lacking flavor", but it does not always have to be so; nonirritating food can be appetizing food, depending on preparation and individual preferences.
Usage examples of "bland diet".
It was one thing to cook for the President, a man who was used to excellent food, but it was another to cook for a man who was used to a monotonous, bland diet.
They put him on a very bland diet, but soon he didn't even have an appetite for that.
Melfane had lambasted the cooks and every other woman in earshot for the bland diet they had been reeding her.
They put him on a bland diet, but soon he didn't have an appetite for anything at all.
The way it confined them physically, the monotony of the routine, the bland diet—.