PORT ST. LUCIE — Brandon Nimmo was so proud of his culinary skills, he took a picture of his dinner and sent it to his wife. Hours later the Mets outfielder was sick with food poisoning, the result of what he believes was undercooked chicken.

“I cooked it all the way through and it was white,” Nimmo said Thursday upon returning to camp after a one-day absence. “But I didn’t have a meat thermometer, so maybe I ought to invest in one of those, a digital meat thermometer, make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Nimmo said he lost about four pounds after vomiting several times over an 8 ½-hour stretch.

“Chicken and sweet potato with a garlic herb thing over the top, and I cooked it in olive oil with aluminum foil, 400 degrees at 20 minutes,” Nimmo said. “Apparently that wasn’t good enough.”

He joked he will begin spending time with the Mets’ kitchen staff at spring training to improve his cooking skills. Nimmo indicated he may return to the lineup as soon as Saturday.

He received five at-bats in an exhibition game Tuesday as the DH after incurring soreness last week in his throwing arm. Nimmo said his arm is not an issue at this point.

“The shoulder feels fine, it’s just getting my weight back [from the food poisoning] and the hydration back,” he said. “It has been a weird spring. Hopefully we can just move on from here. Get it all out of the way early.”