Italian Peasant Soup with Cabbage, Beans & Cheese

or 15- 1/2-ounce cans cannellini beans

medium head 4 cups shredded savoy cabbage

Garlic

Onion, medium

14- 1/2-ounce can Chicken broth, reduced-sodium

Pepper, Freshly ground

Olive oil, extra-virgin

thick 8 1/2-inch-thick slices Country bread, day-old whole-wheat

Fontina cheese, grated