The best thing we ever did for this was to take up backpacking. When we lose power, it's just an excuse to break out the backpacking stoves and play. With the Outback Oven, I can even bake a decent quickbread (cornbread, brownies, muffin loaf) on something as simple as a soda can alcohol stove. It sure makes all the rice/pasta/soup pouch meals go better.