bland food
Meal without spice
Bland food lacks strong flavor, spice, or seasoning.
The phrase often describes what's recommended for upset stomachs or recovering patients—plain rice, toast, boiled chicken.
It can also dismissively characterize cooking that's safe but boring: The cafeteria serves nothing but bland food.
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- mildModerate in intensity
- dullLacking edge or interest
no flavor · flavorless · boring · white bread · white rice · oatmeal · crackers · toast · boiled · boiled chicken · steamed · mushy · watery · cardboard · hospital · nursing home · sick day · diet
- seasoning mistakesoversalting, too salty, undersalting, too spicy
- eating habitsvegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, pescatarian
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked, burnt cookies
spiciness/heat
bland foodspicy food
Dishes with heat
hot food · vindaloo · Sichuan cuisine · wasabi · buffalo wings
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