Vegan insider secrets: pumpkin

Sometimes when people ask me what "vegan" means when looking at the vegan tattoo on my arm, I reply that I come from the "Planet Veega". Yes, it's corny, but it's a great joke, and really, some people do still envision vegans as some sort of secret society.

Well, we're no secret society, but we sure do have some secrets. Especially when it comes to food and cooking. I'm about to let you all in on one of them. It has to do with one impossibly amazing thing you can do with pumpkin. Vegan or not, here it is: a vegan pumpkin secret. We vegans do have some secrets about a few other things, too, but I can't tell you all of them!

Incidentally, when I tell that joke about coming from the "Planet Veega", people usually laugh, and then of course I explain what vegan really means. I did tell it once, however, and received a worried stare in response as the questioner slowly backed away, believing me to be genuinely crazy. Ah, well, win some, lose some!