pabulum
pabulum , noun
[Latin, akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor.]
1.
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.
2.
That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire;
that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; intellectual sustenance; as, intellectual pabulum.
3.
Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.