Recipe - White Bean And Collard Green Soup

1 tablespoon Olive oil; up to 2
2 cup Chopped onions
1 Bay leaf
2 Stalks celery; minced
2 Mediumsized carrots; minced
2 teaspoon Salt; (or more, to taste)
6 cup Stock or water
3 cup Cooked white beans; up to 4
3 tablespoon Minced fresh garlic
1 One half pound Collard greens; stemmed and
chopped
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste

TOPPINGS
Freshlygrated nutmeg
Finely minced fresh parsley
Parmesan cheese

Preparation time: 45 minutes to prepare (most of it simmering time) Yield:
4 to 6