I love to cook, I love to bake. Trouble is I have several jobs-paid and unpaid, a family with odd work schedules, grandkids and a very tight budget. Plus I have an auto-immune disease and several other conditions that sometimes make getting a good meal on the table, well, challenging.

Does this sound exactly like you and your household?

I’m willing to bet it does. With that in mind, Yana and I have decided a column about healthy, quick and flexible eating would probably be something all of us here on fabulously 40 would like to read.

So, here I am. My credentials? I’ve had recipes published in 4 major magazines and the Orange County Register. I’ve been able to serve various tastes, food allergies and diet concerns with a good amount of success and now-I’m hoping to “spread” the knowledge and not our perspective middle-age backsides with some handy hints and recipes.

If anyone has ideas, menus or questions-please send me some private messages! If you’re wondering how to accomplish a certain event in record time and ease, ask!This column was created with all of us fabulously 40 and beyond women in mind, without you it will be nothing. With your input-we’ll all learn how to get a great meal on the table quick and easy and with a lot of taste.