July 12, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 6

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

BAKING

Attempting to make this dark chocolate banana cake tonight.

COOKING

I tried bone marrow for the first time and I can see the appeal. It’s like if escargot and pate had a baby.

CRAVING

The heirloom tomato salad from Shukette.

DRINKING

Iced americanos this week.

EATING

The lavender vanilla ice cream from neob lavender farm is life changing.

EXPERIENCING

I tried the drying patches from Mario Badescu and they sucked! I’ll stick to the Mighty Patch ones, they’re the best I’ve found.

LISTENING

LOVING

Spent a night at Pillar and Post Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake and it was gorgeous. Cannot wait to return.

SHOPPING

Bought the best oversized tote bag of all time.

WATCHING

I finished this season of The Bear and it was a giant meh. There are great moments, but the dialogue is so rough. And if I hear Ayo Edebiri say “like” one more time I will scream.

WEARING

Bought these pearl gloves because I might have lost my mind?

You can find last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 5 over here.

July 5, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 5

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

BAKING

Are Canada Day cakes a thing? They should be. This white chocolate strawberry one was perfect.

COOKING

I made these cheddar corn potato bites that were good, but I really want to revamp them and make it again at Thanksgiving with cranberry and gravy.

CRAVING

Need to make these caprese scones.

DRINKING

Not enough water. GOTTA FIX THIS.

EATING

As much basil as humanly possible, it’s incredible on practically everything.

The green of this basil makes me believe in god

EXPERIENCING

Went to Niagara Falls with the family for the day, which was fun. Love that maple shop by the falls.

LISTENING

It’s abnormal how much I update my 90s playlist.

LOVING

My brother and nephew came for a visit from Scotland! Love summertime visits.

SHOPPING

Went to The Cheese Boutique in Toronto and wow. It’s huge and I could easily spend an entire day there. The homemade garlic and chive cream cheese was unbelievably good.

WATCHING

My nephew has a YouTube channel! He does a video each day and already has over 200 subscribers, it’s wild.

WEARING

I’ve been wanting a butter yellow dress for years and suddenly they’re everywhere. Must buy one soon.

You can find last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 4 over here.

June 28, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 4

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

BAKING

It’s a no-bake recipe, but it’s a dessert so I’m counting it as summer baking. I really want to make the at-home version of Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding for Canada Day since I make it at least once every summer.

COOKING

These summer stuffed shells are everything.

CRAVING

I’m never above a new flavour of Coffee Crisp.

DRINKING

Homemade hazelnut iced coffee on repeat.

EATING

I’m on a real chicken fajitas kick. The onions, green peppers, red peppers and mushrooms? Heaven on a sizzling plate.

EXPERIENCING

Going to do this wardrobe challenge again because it makes me use my entire closet and it feels so satisfying.

LISTENING

It’s an 80s week, I don’t make the rules.

LOVING

My cousin Sue made this key holder that’s made from the piano keys of my grandmother’s piano from the early 1900s! Is this not amazing?

SHOPPING

The Bath & Body Works sale is on right now so I loaded up on foam soaps and three-wick candles.

WATCHING

It’s the perfect time of year to watch any of these end-of-school summer movies.

WEARING

Forever a sucker for a nationalistic temp. tattoo. (Sorry, Marla!)

You can see last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 3 over here if you like.

June 21, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 3

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

BAKING

I made these blueberry bran muffins and they’re fantastic.

COOKING

I always forgot how good at-home quesadillas are. These kale and corn ones are unbelievable.

CRAVING

I’m counting down the days until summer tomatoes have arrived so I can make this heirloom tomato toast daily.

DRINKING

Got drinks at the Chelsea Hotel with some friends and ended up in the lobby the whole time, which I kind of prefer over the actual bar area. Love this place.

EATING

My love for caesar salads is endless.

EXPERIENCING

We saw Stranger Things on Broadway and the visuals were incredible. It ran a bit long and I really don’t love the newer theatres, but I’m so glad we went.

LISTENING

1950s are were on repeat this week.

LOVING

The wedding cookie from Crumbl was actually great, I love a frosted cookie.

SHOPPING

I tried on dresses at Zimmermann the other day and they are absolutely not worth $900 per dress, but I truly love how they fit.

WATCHING

Almost finished my rewatch of Downton Abbey and wow does that show take a turn for the dreary. I might have to stop before it ends, it’s just such a downer.

WEARING

This years-old Zara dress continues to dominant my summer wardrobe.

You can see last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 2 over here if you like.

June 14, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 2

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

BAKING

These blueberry breakfast cookies are insanely good. I keep them in the fridge because I love a cold cookie in the morning.

COOKING

I’ve been baking a lot of salmon lately - nothing too special. I top it at the end with a garlic/soy sauce/maple/mustard glaze and I haven’t grown tired of it yet.

CRAVING

Two things mainly: June strawberries & lap swimming. I don’t ask for much.

DRINKING

When I was in Turks and Caicos earlier this year, I had the same lunch smoothie each day from a place in town and we’ve made it here at home almost 100 times since then it’s so good. Almond milk, chocolate protein powder, green apple, honey, peanut powder, cocoa powder, frozen banana & ice. Heavenly.

EATING

I’ve been slow-cooking the garlic & peppercorn pork tenderloin from Trader Joe’s and making spinach wraps (which is just spinach blended with eggs and then pan fried to resemble a tortilla) with feta for lunch this week.

EXPERIENCING

So happy to have seen the New Jersey town where the original Friday the 13th was filmed so many years ago.

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LISTENING

I went mad with organizing all of my playlists on Spotify, so this week it’s the 1970s that's on repeat at the moment.

LOVING

My dad turned 102 this week (!), which is obviously incredible.

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SHOPPING

Repurchased my favourite coffee beans (hazelnut creme) from San Francisco Bay Coffee.

WATCHING

I’m in the middle of a rewatch of Downton Abbey, which has been great because it’s been so long so I’ve forgotten most of it. Poor Edith.

WEARING

I’m still living in these Target wedge heels. Best thing I’ve bought all year, by far.

You can see last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 1 over here if you like.

June 7, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 1

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays

Welcome to the return of Summer Saturdays! I started doing these in 2023 and I write them mainly to reiterate to myself that I am a human woman who is capable of doing fun summer things. For most of my life I’ve hated this horrid season (the heat, everything smells, children run wild/free = all reasons to naturally hate it), but I’ve actively tried to change that mindset these past few years. So these posts are here to stay (until Labour Day). And you might say that summer starts on the 20th, but it starts when I says it does.

BAKING

This is in no way a fun muffin, but these black bean muffins are good, I promise you. Full disclosure: you will not like them, but I do.

COOKING

At-home steak salads are always the answer. And it should be illegal for one to be anything upwards of $20 at a restaurant, I will die on this hill. We used to be a country.

CRAVING

The vegan tahini soft serve from Seed + Mill in Chelsea Market. Top three best soft serve in the city, hands down. Try to ignore the vegan/tahini part of the description because it’s actually really good.

Soft serve from Seed + Mill in Chelsea Market, NYC

DRINKING

LOVE the Schweppes seltzer flavour concord grape. Tastes so much like a purple Crush only without the raging sugar headache.

EATING

A few months ago I realized the secret to an incredible at-home chicken parm - you have to get bone-in chicken (and then just slice it before you cook). Made it countless times since then and it tastes phenomenal.

EXPERIENCING

Saw the new costume exhibit at The Met and of course had many thoughts.

LISTENING

Made a 1960s playlist that’s been on repeat for about a week now.

LOVING

This long sleeve bodysuit from Aerie. I got them in two colours: navy & “canyon sun.” What the hell is canyon sun, you ask? Brown. It’s just brown. People hate the word brown so much they’re willing to come up with the nonsense that is “canyon sun” shoot me.

SHOPPING

Just reordered the Urban Skin RX Dark Spot Facial Scrub. It smells great and really gets rid of any recent acne scars.

WATCHING

The second episode of And Just Like That. I’m very into the idea that there’s a new love interest for Carrie. I’m sure it’ll end badly and she’ll just stay with Aiden, but at least we don’t have to just watch her wondering around her house all day. Also, is it just me or was the show more fun when she wasn’t rich? I’ve rewatched the series so many times over the years and I think I’m onto something here.

WEARING

Wore this gorgeous Simons dress to a wedding because I’m trying to unlearn how much I’ve hated how my arms look in the past. Progress!

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You can see last year’s Summer Saturdays series over here if you like this series but live in the past. Volume 2 coming next Saturday!