And in case you have a huge amount of food left over:

New York Times Magazine: A Radical Rethinking of Thanksgiving Leftovers.

“Everyone (yes, literally) says that leftovers are “the best part of Thanksgiving,“ but I’m not psyched for dry meat on bread with a ton of mayonnaise, or even that exotic alternative, cranberry sauce.
[…]
Fear not. Here are 20 (you read that right) handy-dandy minirecipes designed to stimulate both your overindulged appetite and your tryptophanned-out brain.”

(Article published on November 17,2011)

Ask MetaFilter: Can you point me in the direction of some good butternut squash recipes that would work as the main dish at a small vegetarian Thanksgiving?

Neither do we celebrate Thanksgiving in Germany, nor am I a vegetarian, but some of the recipes linked in the thread sound (and look) delicious! I might try…

• Autumn Harvest Couscous (In My Bowl)
• Pecan and Sage Stuffed Acorn Squash (MeFi user bearwife)
• Butternut-Squash and Caramelized Onion Galette (Smitten Kitchen)
• Pumpkin, Packed with Bread and Cheese: A Recipe in Progress (Dorie Greenspan)