I love to do that- just throw it in, let it cook slowly and then it falls off the bone by dinnertime! No work, easy meal. It's a weekend, take the easy route!

I bought a whole roasting chicken at Trader Joes- I think I will throw it in the crock pot with some veggies and garlic/onions/salt/pepper, unless you all have got better ideas??

I tend to take chopped up garlic and dried rosemary mixed with olive oil and pushed under the skin, and then roasted at 400 degrees for about an hour (depending on weight), until the juice is clear and the leg joint is loose (or get an instant read meat thermometer). Baste it from time to time. Sometimes you need to cover it with tinfoil for part of the cooking time so that the skin doesn't get too crispy.