How to cook healthy oatmeal?

I eat oatmeal nearly every morning for breakfast. I use either Quaker old-fashioned or quick oats. I follow the recipe on the container but then add lots of walnuts, ground flax seed a little milk and then sweeten it with a small amount of real 100% maple syrup. Sometimes, instead of the maple syrup, I saute an apple in a small amount of canola oil and then add a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon before adding it to the cooked oatmeal. Like another poster said I like to cool it down with milk but I usually use unsweetened almond or soy milk. Adding the milk also makes it less thick.