# Color me bland! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 5, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678 "2025-04-05T22:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/1 "2025-04-05T22:49:41Z")
What is the blandest food I can eat? Backstory: I’ve been having stomach issues. This is not good for a brittle diabetic. I fly around on my glucose levels like a trapeze artist. I can’t be barfing. It throws everything off, my insulin timing and meal routine. So…here’s the thing, I am advised I need to eat bland til its pinned down what going on. So shoot me your bland ideas. I can have some carbs at certain times. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/2 "2025-04-05T22:58:28Z")
Grilled chicken stripes. Ham. Celery and raw carrots with ranch. Walnuts. Natural peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/3 "2025-04-05T23:07:39Z")
Egg whites? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/4 "2025-04-05T23:10:13Z")
My daughter made lemon pepper chicken and plain white rice. We’ll see what that does to me. I have a real problem with cruciferous veggies. I’m begining to think my love of Kale is gonna have to be kerbed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/5 "2025-04-05T23:15:59Z")
Chicken breasts, chicken soup, toast, crackers, apple sauce, bananas, cooked (non-cruciferous, low-fiber) vegetables. Also, the title of this thread should have been “Eating Bland, Bland, Bland!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/6 "2025-04-05T23:17:42Z")
Tofu, white rice. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/7 "2025-04-05T23:20:14Z")
That’s funny. Every thread I open I wanna do a 3x thing. But I try to think again. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/8 "2025-04-06T00:11:28Z")
When I was a child (and dinosaurs still walked the earth) when I had an upset stomach my mom gave me toast soaked in milk. Although I think toast counts as carbs, so you might have to watch that. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/9 "2025-04-06T00:24:08Z")
Oatmeal is very bland. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/10 "2025-04-06T00:25:47Z")
Color Me Bland would be a great name for a group that did yacht-rock covers of Color Me Badd. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/11 "2025-04-06T00:44:57Z")
My mother’s blandest food list: Cream of Wheat Broiled chicken without seasoning Jello 7-Up White toast, no butter, maybe jelly Unsalted soda crackers Some of those may not fit with your dietary restrictions, but you can’t get protein that’s much blander than broiled, unseasoned chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/12 "2025-04-06T00:56:07Z")
“Bawk-bawk” 🐔 ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/13 "2025-04-06T01:09:06Z")
My own favorites are rice cooked in chicken broth, toast, applesauce, mashed potatoes and cream of wheat. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/14 "2025-04-06T01:16:46Z")
Mashed potatoes, a little butter, a titch of salt/pepper! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/15 "2025-04-06T01:17:50Z")
Oh yes. Cream of rice is even better than cream of wheat for anyone who might have gluten sensitivities. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/16 "2025-04-06T01:19:44Z")
Sorry to hear that @Beckdawrek, I guess it depends on how bland and how low carb you want stuff. I’ve had decent success with a number of tofu based dishes, but normally our emphasis is adding flavors to reduce the blandness. Still, I find it helps to manipulate the textures to generate something slightly more pleasing to palates trained to western tastes. For extra-firm “brick” tofu, we slice it into thick slabs, and then freeze flat, thaw, and THEN squeeze, using the damage caused by the ice crystals to better drain. Then you can season (soy, a bit of smoked salt, and ginger for us, but probably a gentler mix for you!) and pan fry with or without a coating, and eat like a mini-cutlet. Or you can mix silken tofu with very mild seasonings, some agaror other gelling agent, and make into custard - we did a nice pseudo-flan recently, though it took twice the agar expected to firm it up (it may have been our agar was old). You’d want to skip the caramel topping, and probably use a non-sugar sweetener, but otherwise the taste was mild, and it can serve as a reference. > **[Vegan Flan Recipe (Easy Vegan Dessert) | Cheap Lazy Vegan](https://thecheaplazyvegan.com/vegan-flan-recipe-easy-vegan-dessert/)** > > Est. reading time: 2 minutes Still, you’re right, a lot of “bland” foods imply a heavy starch component, which I’d rather you not risk. I’ll post more if I can think of it. Are there any flavors that you strongly dislike or set off your stomach? Because that’s something we should consider as well. You mentioned cruciferous being a trigger, which rules out a lot of cauliflower options, but what about parsnips, rutabagas, or turnips? They still have more than ideal carbs, but can be roasted simply and have milder tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/17 "2025-04-06T02:11:59Z")
When I was a kid and had an upset stomach but had to eat something, my mother made me baked egg custard, Nutritious. delicious, easy to digest, yet bland. I’m sure that a sugar substitute in a recipe (other than aspartame which can’t be heated) would work well for a diabetic. I love when the top of a baked egg custard has nutmeg on it! Anyway, I hope you feel better! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/18 "2025-04-06T02:16:36Z")
Another vote for chicken soup. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/19 "2025-04-06T02:33:20Z")
I did the chicken and rice. And some carrots for dinner. So far so good. No nausea. My daughter is trying to figure out a chowder we can do. Corn or potato, maybe. Don’t think I could do a fishy one. I guess that will be tomorrows dinner. I got applesauce and a vanilla protein drink for my snack. Waiting on the spike. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678/20 "2025-04-06T02:40:39Z")
Isn’t cream a main ingredient of chowder? And shouldn’t you be avoiding high fat stuff? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678.md?page=2)