Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad - 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.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Total: 35 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

Ingredients

2 ½ cups crispy rice cereal

1 ½ cups chopped hazelnuts

¾ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup margarine

melted

1 pound fresh or frozen sliced strawberries

⅓ cup orange juice

2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

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

4 seedless oranges

peeled and diced

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple

drained

Coconut Apple Avocado Salad

Salad

Directions

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.

Nutritional Information

Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 534.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 6.4g 13%

Carbohydrates: 75.1g 24%

Dietary Fiber: 8.4g 33%

Sugars: 56.1g

Fat: 27.1g 42%

Saturated Fat: 3.2g 16%

Vitamin A Iu: 983.5IU 20%

Niacin Equivalents: 5mg 39%

Vitamin B6: 0.5mg 29%

Vitamin C: 102.2mg 170%

Folate: 128.4mcg 32%

Calcium: 109.1mg 11%

Iron: 4.9mg 27%

Magnesium: 76.7mg 27%

Potassium: 660.8mg 19%

Sodium: 206.7mg 8%

Thiamin: 0.4mg 43%

Calories From Fat: 244

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.