My mom used to make great pot roast in hers. She would put the meat in with a little water, some carrots, celery and onions, and put it on “low.” She would come home from work, make some rice and voila! Dinner was ready!
I have seen in crock pot recipe books that you can make puddings in them, which I am a big fan of. I’ve never made pudding in mine but I will, one day.
If you have a party, you can use it to keep food hot or for appetizers like chicken wings or meatballs.
Alton Brown did an episode once where he put oatmeal in a crock pot with some half and half or milk, and some chopped up dried fruit like apricots and some raisins, put it on “low” in the evening before bed, and when you wake up it’s cooked. I was afraid to leave the crock pot on all night so I put it on “high” in the morning and in not that long of a time period, I had great oatmeal.