On my final decision for the 20% project

I have decided to do my 20% project on learning how to make Carnitas en Salsa Verde. It is a pork dish, cooked in a green chili sauce. It is a particularly difficult dish for me to make because I don't eat much pork, but I know my boyfriend would really appreciate it because it's his favorite meal. To tell the truth, I'm not much of a cook period. I get picked on a lot by my family members on what a "horrible" or "inexperience" cook I am. In fact, just last Christmas Eve I helped my Grandma Estela fill up tamales for our annual Christmas party, and many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins pretended not to eat them for fear I might poison them. It would be nice if I can cook up this green chili pork and put it into one of this year's tamales. I am therefore challenging myself to begin with me preparing a meal for my boyfriend. For this meal, I will have to learn to make Carnitas en Salsa Verde, Tortillas de arina (flour tortillas), and a side of beans and rice. To drink, I'd love to learn how to make Agua de Horchata (Horchata water). If I am not too overwhelmed, I'd love to bake a Pastel de tres leches (a mexican cake made of three different milks). I plan to research free recipes on the internet that will give me an idea of what I'll need and then compare them to various You Tube videos that I have already begun watching.There are various examples for each dish I am preparing for this "simple meal." So, I am going to learn how to make carnitas en salsa verde, tortillas de arina, beans, rice, agua de horchata, and pastel de tres leches. I, Nora Castro, who's most extravagant dish as of now is pancakes, will learn to make these 6 things to impress my boyfriend, my family, but mostly myself.