A past weekend. Written after the fact from what local sources listed and the weather that actually happened.
Indianapolis stayed cloudy and mild, with highs of 72 on Saturday and 70 on Sunday and barely a trace of rain. The weekend held a free Kwik Stix event, a stone carving workshop, a block party, a Spooky Sprint and learn-to-skate lessons.
What the weather did
Saturday
72° / 58°
Cloudy, 0.01 in of rain.
Sunday
70° / 58°
Cloudy, no rain.
The weather rule that weekend: Great weather. Stay outside as long as the kids will let you.
Irving Circle Park hosted a stone carving workshop for young makers, tied to Indiana's stone carvers and their monumental work. It was a hands-on afternoon outdoors.
Irving Circle Park · Price not listed · Outdoors, open sun
Pop Weaver Youth Pavilion started Winter Club Learn to Skate, Session I, a Sunday class series on the ice for new skaters.
Pop Weaver Youth Pavilion · $98 to $162 · Indoors
Dinner, sorted · Giant Eagle
Sheet Pan Chicken Night
Protein value: about 34 g protein per $
Sheet Pan Chicken Night came from Giant Eagle, where the family pack of boneless skinless chicken breasts gave about 34 g protein per $, the most protein for the money in that week's ads. Florets and rice from the same ad made it a full dinner around one pan.
Fresh Enhanced Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Family Pack
$2.99/lb
Giant Eagle Broccoli or Cauliflower Florets or Long Celery Sticks 12 oz. or 1 lb. pkg.
2 for $5.00
Giant Eagle, Fresh Express or Taylor Farms Chopped Salad Kits
$2.99
Minute or Carolina Rice 4.4 to 8.8 oz.
3 for $5.00
Ad prices good through Wednesday, Oct 14.
How to cook it: The chicken and broccoli or cauliflower florets could roast together on a sheet pan while the rice cooked, with a chopped salad kit on the side.
Runner-up dinner · Giant Eagle
Burger Night
Burger Night was the runner-up, built on the Giant Eagle lean ground beef value pack at about 16 g protein per $. Ripe avocados from the same ad became a topping everyone could add their own way. Ground Fresh In-Store Daily 93% Lean Ground Beef Value Pack 3 lbs. or more ($5.99/lb, about 16 g protein per $), Large Ripe & Ready Avocados (99¢).
The weekend bonus
That week's Whole Foods ad had a Pumpkin Turmeric Sourdough loaf, and it doubled as a kitchen project. Families could slice it together for a toast bar or press it into grilled cheese.
Quick grocery wins
Kroger Milk Gallon
Kroger · about 49 g protein per $
$2.49
Simple Truth Cage Free Eggs Large, Grade A, 24 ct
Kroger · about 28 g protein per $
$5.49
Skippy Peanut Butter 16.3 oz.
Meijer · about 52 g protein per $
$1.99 ea
Jennie-O Ground Turkey 3 lbs. 93% lean
Meijer · about 17 g protein per $
$14.99
From the ads that ran Oct 7 to Oct 13. Prices varied by store. Protein figures use USDA values and the weight stated in the ad.
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