You can make soup earlier and heat it up any time! I never make crock pot soups because most recipes call for browning some onion and garlic first, so might as well just do that on the ol' stove!
Some of our favorites are:
Chicken noodle
Beef barley
Corn chowder
Vegetable lentil
Sausage lentil
Chicken tortilla
also I make chicken pot pie "stew" which is just the insides of the pot pie- roux, broth, milk, veg, chicken etc. Then I cook some strips of ready-made pie crusts in the air fryer to top. Way better than a traditional pot pie since the bottom crust is always disappointing

Much quicker too!