Hannah Borno

Cook roast pumpkin (one of the three non-rotten ones), with goats cheese, plus greens and turnips from the garden. Leave the tray on the table – a Mindless Eating sin - but it’s only vegetables tonight so it doesn’t matter?

Discover online that pumpkin has a Glycemic Index from 75 to 107! Whereas boiled potatoes would be around 60. Am shocked and appalled. It’s some relief to find out then that - if you have a serving of around 80g - pumpkin has a Glycemic load of 3. It sounds promising, although I have absolutely no idea what it means.

I ate the pumpkin from a small plate though, but then mindlessly ate some chocolate in front of the TV. I needed a treat. There are ants in the bedroom, a stray cat in the laundry room and a desiccated bat hanging from the kitchen ceiling.

It’s good to be back.