The food i eat is far from bland!! These guys might take it a bit further by eating more lean than i do like boiling or steaming chicken and stuff but when you count calories like we do, in your example you need to count the peppers, salsa, tomatoes, onion, beans, all separately and than add, perhaps the amount of macros will change, also when you need to eat a certain amount of carbs, fat, proteins per meal this may not be the best approach, or perhaps you would need to add more chicken to get more proteins or add more carbs, etc. Quite a few things need to be taken into consideration and thats why as you say we eat somewhat bland, because we try to eat as lean as possible!!

Provide amounts in cups or ounces for each item!!