No food prep necessary but be prepared to grill grill grill. When the power goes out you'll cook the meat first. Living in FL, we always had a big cooler and ice on hand. That can hold the meat for a day or two. As the veggies start getting older we would move to those. We usually had about 2 or three days of food on hand and by then the power would come back on. Damage would have to be pretty serious for the power to be out longer but 1) you would know the hurricane strength before hand and you wouldn't stick around. 2) If the electricity is out for that long most people start looking to stay with relatives or friends until things get back to normal. Our Power ppl in FL had lots of experience so they were good at getting us back online quick. The biggest problem isn't food, its AC it gets hot and muggy at night.

Boil up some eggs, if the shells are kept intact, they're a hermetically sealed container. A rice salad would keep ok, too. Good luck!

We're in the path as well and we're not really a nonperishable family, so we're not loading up on canned foods. We have pasta, canned tomatoes, tortilla chips and salsa, canned chicken, fresh veggies, fruit, cheese and crackers, and of course water and wine. If you have a gas stove, you'll be much happier if the electric goes. I don't anticipate us losing gas. In my experience often after the rain has passed, it's like bbq weather. A grill will help you empty your freezer. You could buy some charcoal for your survival kit.

I would make sure to have shelf-stable sandwich fixins on hand in case the power goes out for days and days. Bread, peanut butter, and honey are all fine at room temp; I personally would be fine leaving jelly out for a few days though not everyone might. PB on bread is also good for breakfast once other options are out.

Lots of veggies and fruits are fine (or even better) stored at rooms temp – most fruits other than berries, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. These are all fine eaten raw as well, and can provide nice variety.

I would also make a few big pitchers of ice tea. I know drinking water can become an issue after hurricanes sometimes, and ice tea should be fine at room temp.

Water, water, water. Buy or store drinking water -- as much as you possibly can. Then fill your bathtubs with water. You can use a bucket to retrieve water from it for washing and for flushing toilets.

I've lived in Miami, FL my whole life and these are the kitchen essentials:
Canned tuna & manual can opener
Canned sardines
Saltines
Individual mayo/ketchup/relish packets from your local fast food place
Bread
Cereal/granola
Peanut butter
Apples
Oranges & other citrus
Bananas
Tomatoes
Avocado

Sometimes the power only goes out for a couple hours so we try to to grill everything right away and keep the freezer and fridge strictly closed. It can be really easy to overload on carbs and you wind up struggling for some good protein sources so peanut butter and canner fish are necessities!

Usually you can depend on your trees in the backyard or neighbor's backyard for the citrus and avocado. Sometimes you can get really lucky and your mangoes are still coming in :) Hope this helps!

These are all great ideas. I'd also stock some canned staples; baked beans, tuna, evaporated milk (for cereal), fruit (like peaches and pears), sardines if you like them. Peanut butter and honey would be great. And maybe some energy bars, popcorn stored in zip locks (protein). Make sure you have bread and crackers. You could also get some steno cans to heat up soup and such. @mdorothy brought up a very important point on water. Get as many jugs as possible for consumption. If your tap water is drinkable fill as many containers as possible, even open buckets will be fine for having around to flush the toilet. It really doesn't take much of it to flush, believe me, I've been through it, you just pour some in and it will automatically flush the waste. You may also want to have some larger zip locks around for used toilet paper to keep flushing easier or for sanitary napkins. ALSO, make sure you have a hand operated can opener.
The open containers of water is also good for sponge baths. With the heat and humidity, you'll probably want to sponge often.

I've been through a few hurricanes. The 1st comment makes sense, also if you have a gas burner that can help too.....keep loads of bottle water, batteries, torch light etc.....and a good transistor radio!

Spare cell battery too!

No one mentioned stress food....I always stocked a few extra junk-food goodies along with the hurricane supplies. When the going gets tough, having something that feels like a treat, something you don't eat all the time, is a nice thing.

Also, coffee! I try to make sure I have beans ground and ready before the power goes, or a vacuum packaged bag of pre-ground coffee. You can boil water on a grill or gas stove and use a Melitta drip filter for the caffeine delivery. Get some UHT (boxed) milk for coffee and cereal if you need it. It's not great, but it will do.

If the power is all you're worried about then food won't be such a probably unless you have an electric stove. Cook the perishables first before they go bad and keep a stash of canned/preserved/dried food and some bottled water on had just in case it lasts longer than expected.

I also packed an emergency bag just in case we needed to evacuate. It basically had a spare change of clothes, important documents (basically my IDs and passport), a first aid kit, a bottle of water, my phone and some cash. Oh, and a towel. It's just easier to grab just one thing when everything is going nuts.

I've lived in FL my whole life, so I"ve got a few tricks up my sleeve...

Remember it's going to be hot. Really hot. And humid. So things like oranges, fruit, and other things that feel cool to eat even when it's gross. Light meals are nice because you don't want to go to bed without power feeling like you ate a small animal. Fill the tub and all sinks up with water, just in case you need extra (water lines get broken and are unsafe to drink often). But grilling, salads, and snacky things are nice. and popcorn on the grill!

If you're ground zero in nola, I suggest looking at the flood levels where you live on a map to know what you're dealing with (but you prob know that already if so) or in the outlying parishes on the gulf. They'll all get water and prob some power outages, but I wouldn't expect for too long.
Otherwise, my prep would be open your garage, sit out some chairs, fill ice chests with ice and beer and watch the storm roll by. Unless your below sea level, this isn't going to be a big deal.

I'm in Houston, neighbors ALWAYS grill the next day when everyone clears out their freezer. Pork chops, hot dogs, steaks. It's actually really touching and fun. Of course, fill your bathtub and coolers with water. WATER. Especially important with no AC.

At this point, your grocery store will be picked over. Next time, pick up some bread and buns for all the meat you will be grilling and a bunch of non-perishable fresh fruit, like apples and bananas and pears. In Ike, I ate a lot of cereal with no milk, canned pineapple, and peanut butter sandwiches. You probably have enough food to make a really long time, just not the food you want. It will help you clean out your fridge and your pantry!

Oh, having been through this with a toddler, it was no big deal with bottled juice, raisins, bananas, peanut butter, celery (lasted fine a few days), crackers, some muffins I made the day before so the oven heat was long gone, and lots of cookies. The toddler thought the food and the dress code were improvements.

Not sure if you can even get any but, last outage here in VA we saved our deep freeze by using dry ice. This can be tricky if the power comes back on and you're not home to remove the ice. But it saved about $500.00 of food for us.