Last year, I had guests coming for dinner and the power went out while I was cooking. I ended up baking an apple crisp in a cast iron skillet on/in my gas grill! It turned out perfectly, so maybe something with your rhubarb on the grill so you don't have to turn on the oven? I wouldn't try bread or cake, but a crisp would work. If you have a grill!

I'm confused. You don't want to bake, but you mention a box mix and coffeecake. Do you want recipes to use up your rhubarb or others ways than the oven to cook it?

I have the same question as lizbeth.

If you need some ideas, I can highly recommend this chutney. I've served it more than a few times with grilled pork tenderloin.

https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/rhubarb-dried-cherry-chutney

Though I can't vouch for it, I found this using a cake mix.

https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/easy-rhubarb-cake-306555#activity-feed

My sister mentioned a delicious rhubarb coffee cake my niece made for her on Mother's Day. Should be easy to get the recipe, if you're interested.

Here is a cake made with a cake mix and rhubarb. I've not made it myself but I've eaten it and it's really good.

https://www.cheaprecipeblog.com/wp-json/mv-create/v1/creations/197/print

lizbeth-gardener , sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant being short of time compared to winter (I am only home 2 days a week), I didn't want to make something from scratch. But also, something NOT baked would be welcome as well. Anything dessert-like my husband will not eat. (No-grain diet).

Olychick, sadly, no grill anymore. I winder if cast iron on the gas stove would work, though?

Stewed rhubarb is quick and easy and can be eaten by itself or as a topping over ice cream-it is a dessert, but no grains involved. Many recipes on the web.

Do you, by chance, have a cake pan insert for your crock pot. I have baked a cake in one (long ago) that was quite good.

I have a recipe for a from scratch rhubarb cake and rhubarb pie, but then we are back to baking and desserts and from scratch.

It just seems like rhubarb is used mainly for baked desserts or maybe combined with other fruits for a jam.

Cake pan insert? That would be handy to have. I use my crock pot all the time. Growing up stewing the rhubarb was the way my grandmother made it. We would serve it over ice cream. Or just a bowl of the rhubarb with a drizzle of milk.

I just did a search and it looks like there are lots of crockpot recipes for rhubarb cakes, crisps, etc. No insert required.

I think stovetop for a crisp would work like an enclosed gas grill, which is actually an oven. Crock pot is a dandy suggestion.

Rhubarb and custard is a pairing made in heaven. Stew your rhubarb and fold it into a really good home made custard....yum! If you prefer something a little lighter, beat a couple of egg whites until stiff and fold them in too.

Mom used to make rhubarb upside down cake using a box cake mix. Liberally grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and pat down a layer of brown sugar and top with sliced rhubarb. Then the cake batter and bake.

Used to live in the Sunbelt. In the summer, I toted my large Nesco to the front porch if I wanted to bake something. (Front porch because the garage didn't need any more heat!) A countertop oven would be a better option but I didn't have one then. (An oven large enough to fit a 9 x 13 pan is the most versatile size, IMO.) You can find vintage ovens at rummage/ estate sales. I have a total of 3 now and the most I have paid for one is $6, all in very good, little used condition. I ended up with three because I got one & liked it. Found it's twin so I bought that one for back-up. Then I found a larger oven that had two racks & convection.