pabulum

A substance that gives nourishment; food.

Insipid intellectual nourishment.

Food, in the widest sense; aliment; nutriment; that which nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; by extension, that which nourishes or supports any physical process, as fuel for a fire.

Hence, food for thought; intellectual or spiritual nourishment or support.

The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.

That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire

Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.

food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.

material that feeds a fire.

food for thought.