I find turkey to be so delicious, inexpensive, easy to prepare, and
nutritious that I serve it year round. I buy pieces (usually thighs)
and roast it whenever the weather is nasty. That leaves me with a
dilemma at Thanksgiving since Thanksgiving should be special. The
solution is duck. Thanksgiving menu consists of:

Roast duck. I've tried fancier orange glazes, but plain roast duck goes
over best.

Corn bread. (Not quite a cake, but a little on the sweet side.)

Oatmeal bread with cranberries. (Less sweet, more of a bread.)

Baked winter squash (whatever looks good, acorn, butternut, etc.)

Green beans. (I'd go with brussels sprouts, but others in this
household have been known to object.)

Pies: Apple, pecan, pumpkin. (Oddly enough, I prefer canned pumpkin
for best, most consistent results-- not canned pie mix, but canned
pumpkin). (For the pecan pie, I use a recipe that calls for real maple
syrup instead of corn syrup, wonderful results.)

As far as I'm concerned, the best Thanksgiving meal is the duck soup
made from the slow simmered stock from duck carcasses.

--Lia