I’m back home to Colorado today, bundled up in my own bed and quite happy about it. I love checking out new places and sleeping in new hotels, but MAN, I love my own bed. Especially since my husband worked out early this morning so I got to starfish out for…2 minutes. Then Jackson woke me up to snuggle. Understandable. It’s been 6 days. Poor lonely guy! I missed that doggy so damn much!
San Diego and La Jolla were awesome and so much fun to visit but I’m ready to have my routine back. After eating all things delicious while traveling, I’m ready some tough gym workouts, some homemade meals, and some major snuggle on the couch time…for the next 2 weeks, then I’m back on the road again. This time, Texas bound!
Speaking of couches, when we moved in our house 2 years ago, we thought we found the perfect couch for our living room. It felt SO comfortable in store and our friends even had the same couch and said it was awesome. Well, they are liars. And I hate them. It’s so not comfortable. The feathers inside the cushions aren’t wrapped in anything so they start sticking out like little needles in your back. And the two cushion couch just isn’t big enough now that Jackson is almost 40 pounds. So he’s always passed out, happy as a clam, and I’m going to bed early because I’m sick of being stabbed 743829190 times in 2 hours. We are so over it and ready to get a new one. And after having an L-shaped couch in our hotel room in San Diego, we are definitely ready for that kind of couch at home. BUT, we are afraid we are going to make the same mistake again and get a couch that we actually hate longterm, but spent so much money on. Ahhhhhhh being an adult is the woooooorst.
Where did you get your couch? Our friends recommended Room & Board and absolutely love theirs, but my husband is having a hard time with that price point. My husband also recommended we get a leather couch and I then went on to say we get a red leather couch and make it a full bachelor pad household! But then figured I was being a bit too passive aggressive. Leather ain’t going down. As much as I would love to just wipe the fur off our couch, I’m just not down for the leather look.
Ok no but seriously – where did you get your couch that you love more than your own bed?
Carnitas Nachos
- Yield: 6-8 1x
Ingredients
- 1 batch Instant Pot Carnitas
For the marinated tomatoes
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- pinch of salt
For the nachos
- 2 bags of Siete Sea Salt Cassava Tortilla Chips (or plantain chips or cassava chips)
- 1 jar of Honest Stand Nacho Cheese
- 1 avocado, thinly sliced
- 2 fresno peppers, thinly sliced
- 1 jar pickled jalapeños (or pickle your own)
- handful of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- fresh lime wedges
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Make instant pot carnitas and shred.
- Mix together the ingredients for the marinated tomatoes and set in the fridge.
- Layer tortillas on a baking sheet and sprinkle the shredded carnitas. Place in oven to bake for 8-10 minutes, until chips have browned slightly and meat has begun to crisp up.
- Then add the rest of the ingredients: heat up the nacho cheese and pour it on top, however much you prefer. Sprinkle on the marinated cherry tomatoes, then top the rest with the avocado slices, fresno peppers, pickled jalapeños, cilantro and lime wedges for extra pop of freshness on top! (I like to squeeze fresh lime juice on before serving!) then eat up!
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Interesting! I assumed the nacho cheese was made from cashews predominantly but the main ingredient is actually potatoes. The label has pretty good macros for those that macro count. I may have to try it out! Love me some cheese sauce…
Juli we have the Room and Board Orson Sofa with chaise lounge and it is amazing! We’ve had it for almost 2 years and no feathers from the cushions. Their furniture is definitely not cheap but so well made.
Omg. My BF and I went on a couch hunt for like 2 months this year before we moved into our place. We looked at a ton of places and when we saw this couch we sat on it and didn’t want to move, its so comfy! The chaise piece is like a bed, 2 people can fit on it. Great for snuggling. It’s my fav piece of furniture in our apartment!
Not sure if they have a Jordon’s out near you but hopefully they do!
http://www.jordans.com/jonathan-louis-lombardy-2-piece-sectional-lz3733221
love this couch!! i definitely need to see if i can find one to sit on near me. thanks for the recommendation – i’ve never heard of this company!
We bought the Room and Board Morrison Sofa and love seat in November and are loving it so far!
I have this one from AFW, and I love it. You can configure it to be larger or smaller, depending on your needs. And they have options so the L can also go either direction (to fit in your space). Two adults can easily completely lay down on each end of the L, with additional room for Jackson 🙂 And no feathers.
https://www.afw.com/en/2pc-charcoal-sectional-with-laf-sofa
i’m always so hesitant with AFW! we have a couch from them in our basement from our old apartment and it’s a bit sunken in. you just never know with their stuff! have you had the sinking issue at all?
Yeah, it has sunk a little bit (right where my butt always is). I’ve had it for around 2 years now, and I always lay in the EXACT same spot. It would probably be better if I rotated the cushions, but I’m lazy.
Girl, go to Concepts in Boulder or Longmont! I’ve had my L-shaped couch for 12 years now and still love it since the day I bought it. Cushions and everything are still in top notch shape, minus some dog hair here and there. They are an awesome company and have millions of selections to choose from at a great price point and you can customize most to your liking! http://www.conceptsfurniture.com/
sactionals! https://www.lovesac.com/sactionals.html they have two stores in the Denver area…. 🙂
we hemmed and hawed for over 9 months about getting this for our house, and we finally pulled the trigger, and I kind of regret not doing it earlier (minus the fact that we got our covers for free due to a sale they were having… not upset about saving $2k). they’re so soft already (with the base level cushions), customizable, and you can throw them in the washing machine. can’t beat that.
I have to add… we got the brown herringbone covers. they’re BEAUTIFUL and not super brown like they look in the photo. going to the store is a must.
I’m with you on this! I have a http://www.lovesac.com/ chaise sectional and I absolutely love it! When I moved for work right out of college 4 years ago I bought a lot of stuff from IKEA and I decided that I wasn’t going to skimp on the couch. I wanted something that I really love and that was going to last a long time. I’m so happy I spent the money on this.
I’m with the Sactionals choice, for all the reasons the others posted!
We bought an Italian leather L-shaped couch (with chaise on the other end) from AFW. It’s incredibly luxurious and comfortable. I fall asleep on it all the time. You should really rethink the leather. It will be the best in terms of quality long-term, and you won’t regret the comfort level. This one also looks very classy!
hahaha ok i’ll THINK about it!
We’ve just bought a sectional with chaise lounge from Scandinavian Design and love it. Our first sectional from there lasted over 14 years. Both were leather but they do have fabric ones to choose from too plus they’re reasonably priced.
I bought the Axis from Crate and Barrel after sleeping on my brother and sister in law’s one weekend. I got the 2-piece version and my roommate and I fight over who gets to sit on the chaise portion (it’s so well broken in now….) I will say my mom is shorter than I am and complains the cushions are too deep, but since I don’t sit on a sofa with my feet flat on the floor anyway, it has never been an issue!
https://www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture-sectional-sofas/axis-sectional-sofas/