The Official Federal Dietary Guidelines recommend eating no more than 2300 mg of table salt per day. Evan's mom usually puts 1 2 teaspoon of salt in each dish of food she makes and 1 4 teaspoon of salt in a pot of soup. There were two dishes and one soup for today's dinner. Evan ate about one-quarter of each dish and one-fourth of the soup. How many teaspoons of salt did Evan consume