Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

This salad is beautiful, healthy, and delicious! The fruits can be chopped to use as a salad or sliced thinly and layered in a trifle bowl for a truly stunning presentation.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 535 Calories

Ingredients

• ¾ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup margarine, melted
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 2 ½ cups crispy rice cereal
• ⅓ cup orange juice
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• 2 Red Delicious apples, cored and diced
• 2 Golden Delicious apples, cored and diced
• 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and diced
• 1 ½ cups chopped hazelnuts
• 1 pound fresh or frozen sliced strawberries
• 4 seedless oranges, peeled and diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the rice cereal and nuts into a baking pan. Stir in the brown sugar and margarine. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until toasty. Stir occasionally. Set aside to cool.

Step 2

In the container of a blender or large food processor, combine the strawberries, orange juice, confectioners' sugar and vanilla sugar. Puree into a smooth sauce. Set aside.

Step 3

To make the salad, toss the red, green and yellow apples with oranges and pineapple in a large serving bowl. Sprinkle with the nut crunch and spoon strawberry sauce over the top. Or you can serve the toppings on the side.