What Are the Healthiest Ways to Enjoy Oatmeal? Aside from the typical bowl of breakfast oatmeal, you can enjoy the benefits of oats by adding them to smoothies, pancakes, protein balls, cookies, or homemade refined-sugar-free granola. You can also grind rolled oats into oat flour and make healthy treats like gluten-free banana bread, these five-ingredient brownies, or this decadent two-layer chocolate cake. Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Jenny Sugar