5 Pies for Your Summer Parties [RECIPES]

I'll be honest, I'm not a huge blueberry pie fan. That being said, I know lots of people who love blueberry pie. So it's a good one to have for summer parties.

Here is a recipe from allrecipes.com for blueberry pie.

Your blueberry fun fact is from huffingtonpost.com:

"Blueberries protect against memory loss. A 2012 study suggested that eating at least one serving of blueberries a week slowed cognitive decline by several years. One possible explanation as to why came from a 2013 study in mice, which found that berries might protect the brain by clearing toxic proteins that accumulate there."

I love cherry pies! It's up there as one of my favorites.

Here is a recipe from Cooking Channel TV for cherry pie in a jar.

Your cherry fun fact is from thenibble.com:

"Darker cherries have higher antioxidant and vitamin levels than lighter ones, but sour cherries, which are generally bright red rather than a darker red-purple in color, have far higher levels than sweet."

This is another one of my favorites. It's also a nostalgic pie for me. My grandmother used to make this pie all the time and it was so good! I loved taking bites of the meringue and having it just melt in my mouth.

Here is a recipe from Betty Crocker for lemon meringue pie.

Your lemon meringue fun fact is from foodimentary.com: "August 15 is National Lemon Meringue Pie Day."

There is something about peach pie that just screams summer. Peaches are delicious and they're even better in a pie!

Here is a recipe from allrecipes.com for old-fashioned peach pie.

Your peach fun fact is from WebMD:

 "The world’s largest peach cobbler" is made every year in Georgia, which is known as the Peach State. That cobbler measures 11 feet by 5 feet."

This is my favorite. My mouth waters just thinking about this pie! I've never tried my hand at making a strawberry-rhubarb pie, but now that we are growing our own straweberries and rhubarb I might have to try it this summer.

Here is a recipe from The Food Network for strawberry-rhubarb pie.

Your strawberry fun fact is from foodrepublic.com:

"Strawberries aren’t true berries, like blueberries or even grapes. Technically, a berry has its seeds on the inside. And, to be über technical, each seed on a strawberry is considered by botanists to be its own separate fruit. Whoa, meta!"

Your rhubarb fun fact is from foodnetwork.com:

"Rhubarb Cooking Tip:
1 pound of fresh rhubarb yields about 3 cups chopped or 2 cups cooked."