--- title: Beef Stroganoff Meatballs & Sweet and Sour Chicken Meal Prep | Houston description: Weekly personal chef meal prep in Houston, featuring Beef Stroganoff Meatballs and Sweet and Sour Chicken. View the full menu and gallery by Chef Ana. canonical: https://personalchefana.com/portfolio/beef-stroganoff-meatballs-sweet-sour-chicken-meal-prep-houston/ language: en-US --- Weekly Meal Prep · [Houston, TX](/personal-chef/houston/) # Thai coconut, a mushroom cream and Korean purple rice in one week, finished with a plum cinnamon loaf **Date:** July 7, 2026 **Service:** Weekly Meal Prep **Prep Time:** 5 hours **Dishes:** 8 ![Purple sticky rice, coconut shrimp and sesame chicken ring a tray of stroganoff meatballs in parsley.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/stroganoff-meatballs-purple-rice-shrimp.jpg) ![Plum loaf on a white plate sits below coconut shrimp, purple rice and feta-strewn asparagus.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/korean-sticky-purple-rice-spread.jpg) ![Curly parsley heaps over beef stroganoff meatballs in a thin gravy, zucchini sticks to the left.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/beef-stroganoff-meatballs-parsley.jpg) What We Prepared ## Complete Menu Weekly Meal Prep · July 7, 2026 Proteins Beef stroganoff meatballs Sweet and sour chicken bites & bell peppers Coconut spinach lime shrimp Starchy Sides Korean sticky purple rice Parmesan baked gnocchi with prosciutto, peas, mint & arugula Sweets Plum Cinnamon Loaf Vegetables Crispy baked zucchini sticks with whipped feta dip on the side Charred asparagus with shallots & feta Created by Chef Ana ## Photo Gallery ![Purple sticky rice, coconut shrimp and sesame chicken ring a tray of stroganoff meatballs in parsley.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/stroganoff-meatballs-purple-rice-shrimp.jpg) Purple sticky rice, coconut shrimp and sesame chicken ring a tray of stroganoff meatballs in parsley. ![Plum loaf on a white plate sits below coconut shrimp, purple rice and feta-strewn asparagus.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/korean-sticky-purple-rice-spread.jpg) Plum loaf on a white plate sits below coconut shrimp, purple rice and feta-strewn asparagus. ![Curly parsley heaps over beef stroganoff meatballs in a thin gravy, zucchini sticks to the left.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/beef-stroganoff-meatballs-parsley.jpg) Curly parsley heaps over beef stroganoff meatballs in a thin gravy, zucchini sticks to the left. ![Cinnamon dusts a plum loaf thickly, halved fruit sunk into the crumb, coconut shrimp behind it.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/plum-cinnamon-loaf-dusted.jpg) The plums go in cut side up and sink as the batter rises, which is why the top stays damp. ![Breadcrumbed zucchini batons pile onto a bed of whipped feta with two lemon wedges tucked in.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/crispy-zucchini-sticks-whipped-feta.jpg) The feta is thick enough to hold the batons clear of any water the zucchini gives up. ![Shrimp curl through a yellow coconut sauce with wilted spinach and lime, asparagus and feta above.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul07/coconut-spinach-lime-shrimp.jpg) Shrimp curl through a yellow coconut sauce with wilted spinach and lime, asparagus and feta above. Chef Ana's Perspective ## Chef's Notes The plum cinnamon loaf exists because the plums this week were too soft to send out whole. This dish started as a way to use fruit that would not travel, and it works: halved and pressed in cut side up, the plums sink as the batter rises and leave the top damp, so the cinnamon goes on after baking rather than before. It is less a dessert than a breakfast that happens to be sweet. Korean sticky purple rice earns its place for a similar reason, dense and faintly sweet on its own. **Read the full notes** Zucchini is almost all water, and that is the whole problem with breading it. The batons are salted, drained for twenty minutes and pressed dry before they are crumbed, then roasted on a wire rack at 425°F so air can get underneath them. Setting them on whipped feta is not decoration; the feta is stiff enough to hold them clear of whatever moisture still escapes. Charred asparagus gets the same rack, with shallots and feta going on after. This is a three-protein week and only the stroganoff meatballs are red meat. Coconut spinach lime shrimp carries the whole Thai end of the menu, sweet and sour chicken bites take the sweet-savoury one, and the meatballs cover everything else. There are no nuts in any of it. The obvious risk would have been the gnocchi, and that one is prosciutto, peas and arugula instead. Reheating. Beef stroganoff meatballs take 12 minutes at 325°F covered, and Korean sticky purple rice wants a splash of water and a lid for 90 seconds in the microwave or it sets like a brick. Crispy baked zucchini sticks need an air fryer at 380°F for 5 minutes and will not recover in a microwave at all. 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