BBQ'd Venison Roast and Dark Chocolate Clusters

    Today we got back from our mini- vacation and had a delicious dinner made my fabulous husband! He smoked   2 venison roasts on the grill and they were awesome. 

    First he marinaded them in a mixture of the following for about 2 hours.

• 1 TBS Coconut Aminos
• 1 C of apple cider vinegar
• 2 TBS sea salt, pepper to taste
• 2 TBS Chef Leo's meat rub
• 2 C Water 

 He started the grill, Brandon uses a charcoal grill and he prefers to use wood charcoal. He let the grill heat up to about 275 degrees. Before he put the meat on the grill he rubbed them with some seasonings. One of them he glazed with honey and rubbed it Chef Leo's Mesquite seasoning . (For honey, he just drizzled the top and brushed it in then sprinkled the top with a light seasoning.) 

The second one he rubbed with Cayenne pepper and Chef Leo's Mesquite seasoning. (Use as much seasoning as you like.)

He placed both roasts on the grill and allowed them to smoke and cook for about 50 minutes on each side. He basted them with the marinade after each flip. 

When he pulled them off the grill, I sliced them into thin slices and served them warm with some fresh green beans and a little Dijon~Horseradish mustard. The meat had a wonderful smokey spice flavor to it and I can't wait for leftovers tomorrow for lunch. 

I am the luckiest!

After dinner Brandon headed off to his class and I got the house in order, did some grocery shopping and decided to try to make a little treat for him when he came home. While we were in VA beach, we got a sweet tooth and headed to candy kitchen to get some dark chocolate. While we were there we saw these dark chocolate cashew clusters. We really enjoyed them and I obviously got tons of inspiration on how I could make these. Tonight I attempted this with the ingredients I had in my pantry (it is the end of the month and getting scarce).  

Ingredients: 

• Shredded Coconut
• Chopped Walnuts
• Chopped Hazelnuts
• Raisins
• 2-3 TBS Honey
• 1/2 bag Dark Chocolate Chips
• *You could use anything so get creative*

1.) Mix 1/4 cup of each dry ingredient in a bowl.

2.) Add 2-3 Tablespoons of Honey. You want the mixture to stick together enough to put it into a cluster. 

3.) Place spoonfuls of mixture on a parchment paper lined cookie tray. Place in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes. 

4.)Melt half a bag of Dark Chocolate in a saucepan on low heat. Mix often so it doesn't burn. 

5.) Pull clusters out of the fridge and cover with dark chocolate. 

6.) Place them in the fridge again to harden for 20 min. . 

7.) Pull them out, flip them over and coat the bottom with dark chocolate. Place in the fridge again for 20 min or longer to get a cold hard shell

                                                                       Enjoy! 

I also did some with just raisins- also excellent!