You can go into the Recipe Forum section of the message board. Or do a search and choose the recipe forum and type in a key word...such as lentil, with no time limits. Hope that made sense!
You can get a mini cuisinart for about 30 bucks. I'm not sure a blender would work so great. It is kind of big for a small sticky quantity of beans. They may all end up in the blades and along the sides of the blender....but then, I've never tried it myself!