* I like to use a mild garlic lamb sausage but any mild sausage will do (such as Italian pork).
* You could cook the sausage whole in the pot or on the grill and slice if you prefer.
* If the lentils finish cooking before you’re ready to add them to the sausage-vegetable mixture, don’t worry as you’ll have a chance to heat them up.
* You could drain all of the sausage fat and use all olive oil.