Thank you for taking the time to get to know a little bit more about me. My name is Ronda Hayner, but my family call me "Ma"! I was born and raised in Ca and moved to the Midwest in 1989. I am a mom, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. I currently reside in Kansas City, MO with my daughter, my son-in-law and 3 of my wonderful grandchildren. I lost the love of my life, my husband Dino 11 years ago. Since then life hasn't been the same, but I keep positive knowing he is watching over me.

For the past 8 years I worked as a cook in a health and rehap center. I really enjoyed my job, and enjoyed making the residents happy with the food I created. In Oct. 2011, I was diagnosed with Menieres disease, which put me on temporary disability and caused me to lose the hearing in my left ear. It's an incurable disease, so I have had to learn to live with the side affects.  After talking it over with my family, we felt it best that I retire from working fulltime and move in with them. I am now enjoying my days relaxing and watching my grandchildren and great-granddaughter grow up.

I enjoy cooking and sharing my love of food with others. When my children were growing up, I cooked all our meals from scratch. Going out to eat was very rare and even then our family prefer mom's home cooked meals.

I know times have changed since my children were little. Back then, I had the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom. Many parents don't have that these days. Life seems to have gotten a lot busier since then and along with the hustle of working, running a family, and going to children's activities, it can be hard to find the time to create a home cooked meal.

That's why I'm so excited to share Country Gourmet Home food mixes with you. These mixes are wonderful and allow even the busiest mom (or dad) to create a home cooked meal from scratch in no time at all.