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Speedy backyard meals

Take advantage of what's left of summer by dining outside. It doesn't get easier than barbecue dinners that make it to your patio table in 30 minutes or less

By Monda Rosenberg; photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

Updated November 2, 2012

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Speedy backyard meals

Recipes

• Chargrilled zucchini with chili-lime fish

• Grilled Japanese steak salad

• Ginger mojito pork

• Chicken with smoky peppers

• Curried burgers with peach salsa

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