--- title: Turkey Piccata Meatballs & Beef Top Sirloin Meal Prep | Houston description: Weekly personal chef meal prep in Houston, featuring Turkey Piccata Meatballs and Beef Top Sirloin Chakhohbili. View the full menu and gallery by Chef Ana. canonical: https://personalchefana.com/portfolio/sirloin-chakhohbili-turkey-piccata-meatballs-meal-prep-houston/ language: en-US --- Weekly Meal Prep · [Houston, TX](/personal-chef/houston/) # Georgian and Mediterranean home cooking with a made-ahead breakfast **Date:** July 9, 2026 **Service:** Weekly Meal Prep **Prep Time:** 5 hours **Dishes:** 10 ![Ten dishes crowd the marble: apricot mustard chicken, chakhohbili stew, scrambled eggs and sliced banana bread.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/apricot-chicken-banana-bread.jpg) ![Dried apricot halves tuck into a herbed crumb over baked chicken breasts, scrambled eggs alongside.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/apricot-mustard-crusted-chicken.jpg) ![Mint leaves top thick slices of protein banana bread, set beside chive scrambled eggs and mushroom potatoes.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/protein-banana-bread-slices.jpg) What We Prepared ## Complete Menu Weekly Meal Prep · July 9, 2026 Proteins Beef top sirloin “chakhohbili” stew with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, fine herbs Turkey Picatta meatballs Apricot Mustard crispy baked chicken breasts Low sodium & sugar Teriyaki shrimp Cottage cheese chives spinach scrambled eggs Salads cucumber edamame quinoa salad Bell peppers, cranberry, herbs, black lentils Starchy Sides Baked baby potatoes with mushrooms & onions Sweets Protein breakfast banana bread Vegetables Braised white beans with zucchini Created by Chef Ana ## Photo Gallery ![Ten dishes crowd the marble: apricot mustard chicken, chakhohbili stew, scrambled eggs and sliced banana bread.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/apricot-chicken-banana-bread.jpg) Ten dishes crowd the marble: apricot mustard chicken, chakhohbili stew, scrambled eggs and sliced banana bread. ![Dried apricot halves tuck into a herbed crumb over baked chicken breasts, scrambled eggs alongside.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/apricot-mustard-crusted-chicken.jpg) The apricots go in whole, because chopped they melt into the mustard and the sweetness disappears. ![Mint leaves top thick slices of protein banana bread, set beside chive scrambled eggs and mushroom potatoes.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/protein-banana-bread-slices.jpg) Mint leaves top thick slices of protein banana bread, set beside chive scrambled eggs and mushroom potatoes. ![Browned mushrooms fold through baked baby potatoes, herb flecked, with chakhohbili stew and eggs around them.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/baby-potatoes-mushrooms-onions.jpg) Browned mushrooms fold through baked baby potatoes, herb flecked, with chakhohbili stew and eggs around them. ![Edamame, white beans and pumpkin seeds fold through cucumber quinoa salad, black lentils and shrimp behind.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul09/cucumber-edamame-quinoa-salad.jpg) Edamame, white beans and pumpkin seeds fold through cucumber quinoa salad, black lentils and shrimp behind. Chef Ana's Perspective ## Chef's Notes The apricot mustard chicken breasts are the only thing here carrying a crumb, and the crumb only holds if the mustard goes on cold and thick. I roast them hard at 400°F until the coating sets, then drop the oven so the breasts finish without going dry. The dried apricots go in whole rather than chopped, because chopped they dissolve into the mustard and the sweetness vanishes. **Read the full notes** Chakhohbili is a Georgian braise and the traditional cut is chicken, but this one was built on beef top sirloin, which needs a good hour longer before it gives. Bell peppers, tomatoes and onions are the entire sauce, no stock at all, and the fine herbs go in once the heat is off. It sits well next to the baked baby potatoes with mushrooms because neither dish is reaching for the same flavour. The teriyaki shrimp is built low on both sodium and sugar, so the glaze never takes the lacquered shine you would get from a bottle. That constraint changes the cooking rather than just the label: with less salt to lean on I reduce the sauce further and finish with more acid. The same logic runs through the turkey picatta meatballs, where lemon and capers do the work salt usually does. Breakfast is three mornings of cottage cheese, chives and spinach scrambled eggs plus the protein banana bread. The eggs come off the heat deliberately underdone because they keep setting inside the container, so give them twenty seconds less than you think. The banana bread wants eight minutes at 325°F, or a dry pan if you like a crisp edge on the slice. 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