married year jason reveled alike easier married life share spouse's perspective priorities deeply instance preparation consumption good food life's noble budget's deserving line items budget problem like-minded balance shared love good food common approach finances spell trouble addition bliss rising cost week decided finances order jason fabulous cook quicken expert talent tapped time dining room table budget enter august's expenses spent food month immediately shoulder staggering family vowed plan splurge pushed cart grocery store monday night feeling frugal pleasantly sacrificial good challenge we've incredibly frugal married spouses leaving store poster caught exact words reached grabbed free groceries frugality picked brochure enter free groceries contest simply share family favorite original recipe started brainstorming figure submit share imagine great groceries sobering aspect contest gimmick designed raise awareness family dinner children brochure describe family national effort promote family dinners effective kids substance-free spouts variety statistics teens fewer family dinners week gist they're significantly abuse prescription drugs tobacco alcohol reaction idea setting year dinner family absurd akin earth single respect planet recycling makes crazy idea raise awareness develop good habits people year reaction profound sadness knowing kids table families regular basis food healthy interesting global issues weighing tugs heart local individual day-to-day problems night jason made what's fairly typical family meal house week trust hamburgers chips seared salmon lentils sweet potatoes spinach fresh herbs girls gobbled gobbled attention shared stories showed research journal she's keeping explained plan middle school band play football game friday waited turn hand raised persistently made assuring talk jason concerned food matters matters ultimately we're deeply experience table family watching kids grow healthy body mind spirit result setting national dinner family feeble step deeply hope pray families 