# Fruit Salad

An easy fruit salad recipe with a citrus-vanilla sauce, perfect for spring and summer.

- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups strawberries halved
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup red grapes, halved
- 1 cup green grapes, halved
- 0.5 cup kiwi, peeled and diced
- 1 cup water
- 0.75 cup granulated sugar
- 1 orange (juice + zest)
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt (optional, enhances flavor)

## Instructions

1. Rinse all fruit thoroughly.
2. Chop and halve the strawberries, red grapes, green grapes, and peel and dice the kiwi as needed.
3. Place all prepped fruit in a large bowl and refrigerate while making the sauce.
4. In a small saucepan, combine water, sugar, orange juice, and orange zest.
5. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
6. Bring to a gentle simmer, then lower the heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes until slightly thickened.
7. Remove the sauce from heat and stir in the vanilla extract (and a pinch of salt if using).
8. Let the sauce cool for 5-10 minutes, then chill in the fridge.
9. Once the sauce has been chilling for about an hour to an hour and a half, slowly pour the cooled sauce over the chilled fruit, mixing gently to coat evenly.
10. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (or another 2 hours or so as per audio) to let the flavors meld.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pot
- small saucepan

## Tips

- Keep a little extra strawberry and blueberry towards the end because it's the cook's favorite fruit.
- While working on the sauce, sit the fruit in the fridge.
- Let the sauce chill for an hour to an hour and a half before adding to fruit.
- Refrigerate the combined fruit and sauce for at least 30 minutes to let flavors meld.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cg9NYJM5d/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8c3594e0-3109-4c21-a41f-bfa15880740a
- Extracted: 2026-03-26

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