Fruit Salad With Lemon and Honey Syrup

Syrup:
1 cup water
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Salad:
Any fruit you have works perfectly
chopped peeled cantaloupe
seedless grapes
sweet cherries, pitted and halved (about 1/2 pound)
chopped peeled peaches (about 2 peaches)
pomegranate seeds (they make everything seem more fancy)
apples
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint

Preparation

To prepare syrup, combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium, and cook until mixture is reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15 minutes). cool syrup.j

To prepare salad, place all the fruit in a large bowl. Once syrup is cooled pour syrup over fruit; toss gently to coat. Cover and chill 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Toss with mint just before serving.