I am not ashamed to say that I love my crock pot.  I am a busy person and I love the ability to just dump things in a pot and have something yummy to eat a few hours later.  I was getting bored of my small selection of crock pot recipes so I checked out a stack of cookbooks and my kids and I went through them over the weekend.  This was our unanimous favorite.  I loved the variety and the choice to make a dish super-fast with prepared ingredients (cream of mushroom soup) or completely homemade.  My kids liked the yummy recipes.  We tried the chicken pot-pie with nummy success.  Make It Fast, Cook It Slow is a great cookbook for busy families.