Spiced Lettuce soup with goat cheese (Autism chef's book club of the month- June)

today for dinner I made some delicious filling lettuce soup, its from a book I got at a garage sale called Super Duper Soups By Michael Van Straten and his recipes are really good, heres a photo of his recipe I re-created and the recipe as well.so you want more soup recipes from his book go to http://www.amazon.com/Super-Duper-Soups-Healing-Mind/dp/1845333322/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370912402&sr=1-1&keywords=super+duper+soups so I recommend it as im launching my cookbook of the month thing, so enjoy!

Spiced lettuce soup with goat cheese

2 tbl unsalted butter
1 onion finley chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 green sweet pepper seeded and very finely diced
1 large lettuce or 2 bags shredded lettuce (you find at most safeway stores mostly used for tacos to save time, but always wash them before use) shredded
6 cups chicken stock
5 oz soft finely diced goat cheese

melt butter in a large soup pot and gently sauté the onions, for 5 minutes but add the garlic for the last 2 minutes or it will burn
sprinkle with cumin stir thoroughly and cook for 2 more minutes. add the pepper lettuce and stock and simmer for 5 minutes. blend in food processor, blender or use a hand blender until smooth. then return to the soup pot to heat through
serve hot with the diced goat cheese on top