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We may earn commission from the links on this page. Kick your weekend off right with these easy meals! At the beginning of the week, it’s hard to know how you’ll feel by the time Friday dinner rolls around. Was it a good week that just flew by?

Maybe you’ll have the energy to pull out all the stops to herald in the weekend with your Friday night meal. Just because you’re cooking at home doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy all your favorite delivery dishes! On the other hand, if the work week being over means you’ve now got more attention to pay to your dinner, try one of our slightly more involved recipes. The secret to really good pulled pork is cooking it low and slow. Lucky for you, a slow cooker makes the drawn out process a breeze. Get the Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork recipe. This dish of crispy chicken tossed in a sweet and savory sauce is a Chinese-American classic.

Though the typical preparation calls for deep-frying, we went for the easier stir-fry route for less mess from frying while still retaining all of the crispiness you’re used to. Get the General Tso’s Chicken recipe. When the craving for ribs strikes, nothing else will suffice but that sweet, salty, savory, and tender meat. But sometimes, making ribs on the grill just isn’t an option. No matter the weather or living situation, you can make amazingly tender, delicious ribs with this foolproof recipe.

Get the BBQ Oven-Baked Ribs recipe. If you’ve never made risotto rice because you didn’t want to stand there stirring forever, then this recipe is for you. It packs all the satisfying flavor of a slow-stirred version into a fraction of the hands-on time! There’s nothing super crazy about this recipe, but when you do it right, it’s absolutely perfect.