Broccoli Cream Soup

From April 2012 issue of Everyday Food:
http://www.marthastewart.com/314341/broccoli-cream-soup

This was a super easy soup to make and it came together very quickly.  I can't sing the praises of my Black and Decker hand blender enough.  We received it as a wedding gift back in 1998 and it has blended many a soup in its time and is still going strong.  :)

The soup itself was...so so.  The kids seemed to like it and eat it which is always a plus.  Husband-of-Cheerios and I both found the soup to be quite bland.  I think eating this soup on the heels of the super awesome UBER Cream of Cauliflower soup was the mistake we made.  This soup would be most excellent with a little bit of a kick added to it.  If anyone figures out what that kick should be - please let me know.  :)