Simple pleasures

My friends Ali and Dan have had a standing invitation for tea at my house--I have this amazing loose leaf tea that my dad brought back with him from a business trip to China and I promised to share it with them. Ali calls to say they are on their way this afternoon... and I realized: I have no crumpets, no cookies, nothing but tea!



mmm tea.

But what could I make in 10 minutes???

Rice crispies of course! They can do no wrong.



But 10 minutes wasn't quite enough. I had to resort to desperate measures.





Rice crispie treats always save the day.

I don't have a consistent recipe--today I melted a bag of mini marshmallows and 3/4 of a stick of butter in the microwave with occasional stirring. Then I added 7 cups of rice cereal and pressed it into a 9x13 pan. The key to making the top even it pressing it down with greased wax paper. Really though, these are pretty impossible to ruin.